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SC/6613

SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS IN OPEN SESSION TO CONSIDER SITUATION IN SIERRA LEONE

18 December 1998


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SC/6613


SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS IN OPEN SESSION TO CONSIDER SITUATION IN SIERRA LEONE

19981218 Peacekeeping Under-Secretary-General Introduces Secretary-General's Report; Chairman of Sanctions Committee Briefs Council on December Assessment Mission

GA/SM/82

'I BELIEVE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A FRUITFUL SESSION', ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STATES IN CONCLUDING REMARKS TO FIFTY-THIRD SESSION

18 December 1998


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GA/SM/82


'I BELIEVE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A FRUITFUL SESSION', ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STATES IN CONCLUDING REMARKS TO FIFTY-THIRD SESSION

19981218 Following is the statement by the President of the fifty-third session of the General Assembly, Didier Opertti (Uruguay), on the occasion of the conclusion of the first part of the session:

SG/SM/6844

SECRETARY-GENERAL ACCEPTS PLAQUE FROM CIVIL SERVANTS ASSOCIATION MARKING ANNIVERSARY OF HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION

17 December 1998


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SG/SM/6844
HQ/593


SECRETARY-GENERAL ACCEPTS PLAQUE FROM CIVIL SERVANTS ASSOCIATION MARKING ANNIVERSARY OF HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION

19981217 Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the unveiling of a plaque donated by the Association of Former International Civil Servants (AFICS) to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, at Headquarters on 17 December:

SC/6612

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MISSION IN WESTERN SAHARA UNTIL 31 JANUARY 1999

17 December 1998


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SC/6612


SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MISSION IN WESTERN SAHARA UNTIL 31 JANUARY 1999

19981217 Resolution 1215 (1998), Adopted Unanimously, Allows For Further Consultations on Secretary-General's Proposals for Settlement Implementation

The Security Council, acting on the recommendation of the Secretary- General, this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 31 January 1999.