Press Release

27 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6875/Rev.1*

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA, 26 JANUARY

19990127

* Reissued entirely in English

27 January 1999

Press Release
SC/6632

27 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1086

AS IT STRUGGLES TO IMPROVE STATUS OF WOMEN, KYRGYZSTAN BURDENED WITH FINDING WAYS TO OVERCOME COUNTRY-WIDE POVERTY, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990127 Committee Concludes Consideration of Kyrgyzstan's Report on Compliance with Anti-Discrimination Convention

27 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6876

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENTS ON EAST TIMOR

19990127 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General welcomes the reports of two major announcements made in Jakarta with regard to the question of East Timor.

26 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6873

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP SYMPATHY WITH GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF COLOMBIA AFTER EARTHQUAKE HITS COUNTRY

19990126 The following statement was issued today by a spokesperson for Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Geneva:

26 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1085

ALGERIAN WOMEN FULL ACTORS IN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIFE OF COUNTRY, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990126 Committee Concludes Consideration of Algeria's Report on Compliance with Anti-Discrimination Convention

26 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6873/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP SYMPATHY WITH GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF COLOMBIA AFTER EARTHQUAKE HITS COUNTRY

19990126 The following statement was issued today by a spokesperson for Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Geneva:

26 January 1999

Press Release
SC/6631

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 864 (1993) CONCERNING SITUATION IN ANGOLA HOLDS FIRST MEETING OF YEAR

19990126 Meeting Held under Committee's New Chairman, Robert R. Fowler (Canada)

The following was issued today by the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993) concerning the situation in Angola:

26 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1085/

ALGERIAN WOMEN FULL ACTORS IN POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIFE OF COUNTRY, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990126 CORRECTION

In the last paragraph on page 12 of Press Release WOM/1085 issued 26 January, the word "measles" should be replaced by "smallpox".

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26 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6874
DCF/354

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO EMBARK ON MEANINGFUL NEGOTIATIONS FOR A FISSILE MATERIAL TREATY

19990126 Kofi Annan Says It Is Important To Establish Arrangements To Assure Non-Nuclear-Weapon States against Use or Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons

Following is the text of a statement made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Conference on Disarmament at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, on 26 January 1999: