Press Release

29 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6879
AFR/129

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO VISIT ERITREA, ETHIOPIA 1-6 FEBRUARY

19990129 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

29 January 1999

Press Release
SC/6636

SECURITY COUNCIL URGES ERITREA TO ACCEPT OAU AGREEMENT TO SETTLE BORDER DISPUTE WITH ETHIOPIA

19990129 Resolution 1226 (1999) Adopted Unanimously

Expressing grave concern about the risk of armed conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea over their border dispute, the Security Council this afternoon strongly urged Eritrea to accept an Organization of African Unity (OAU) Framework Agreement for its settlement.

29 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1091

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF THAILAND REPORTS

19990129 Representative of Thailand Responds to Experts' Questions And Comments on Compliance with Anti-Discrimination Convention

29 January 1999

Press Release
HR/4403

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES TWENTIETH SESSION AT GENEVA

19990129 Issues Concluding Observations and Recommendations On Reports of Austria, Belize, Guinea, Sweden and Yemen

29 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6880

IN ACCEPTING NONVIOLENCE AWARD, SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES NOT TO FORGET SACRIFICES OF MAHATMA GANDHI AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

19990129 Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the first Gandhi/King Award for Nonviolence, which was delivered today in New York on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations Gillian Sorensen:

29 January 1999

Press Release
SC/6637

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN AT ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN KOSOVO

19990129 Presidential Statement Welcomes and Supports Contact Group Decisions Aimed at Establishing Framework and Timetable for Political Settlement

28 January 1999

Press Release
SC/6634

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS WESTERN SAHARA MISSION UNTIL 11 FEBRUARY

19990128

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 11 February.

28 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1088

GREEK WOMEN DEMANDING EQUAL PARTNERSHIP IN ALL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990128 Since 1980s, Mobilization of Wide-Based Women's Movement Has Stirred Profound Changes in Greece

28 January 1999

Press Release
DCF/356

PROPOSED AD HOC COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT STILL LACKS CONSENSUS, CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TOLD

19990128

A proposal by South Africa to establish an ad hoc committee on nuclear disarmament had not achieved consensus and would require further consultations, the Chairman of the Conference on Disarmament announced this morning.

28 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6878

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR UNCONDITIONAL RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS OF KOSOVO CITIZENS, IN STATEMENT TO NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

19990128 Kofi Annan Stresses Peaceful Negotiation Only Way to Resolve Kosovo Conflict

Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Brussels: