Press Release

25 January 1999

Press Release
SG/T/2164

25 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6871
AFR/128

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DECISION BY ARUSHA SUMMIT TO SUSPEND SANCTIONS AGAINST BURUNDI

19990125 Following is the text of a statement made in Geneva on 24 January by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General of the United Nations welcomes the decision taken yesterday at the Arusha Regional Summit by Burundi's neighbour countries to suspend the economic sanctions imposed on that country in 1996.

25 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1083

DESPITE PROGRESS TOWARDS DE JURE GENDER EQUALITY IN LIECHTENSTEIN, "REAL EQUALITY" WILL REQUIRE GREAT EFFORT, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990125 Committee Takes up Liechtenstein's Report on Compliance With Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

25 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6872

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ICRC AND UNITED NATIONS ARE GOOD AND EFFECTIVE PARTNERS

19990125 Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at the ICRC's Geneva Headquarters:

25 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1084

SURPRISE EXPRESSED IN WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE THAT WOMEN OF LIECHTENSTEIN RECEIVED RIGHT TO VOTE JUST 15 YEARS AGO

19990125

Surprised that the Government of Liechtenstein had granted women the right to vote only 15 years ago, expert members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon questioned the strength of women's voice in that country's electoral process.

22 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1081

SINCE BECOMING SOVEREIGN STATE, KYRGYZSTAN COMMITTED TO INTEGRATING WOMEN INTO NATIONAL PROGRAMMES OF ACTION, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990122 Committee Takes up Kyrgyzstan Report on Compliance With Convention on Elimination of Discrimination against Women

22 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6869

IN WREATHLAYING CEREMONY AT ROYAL HOSPITAL IN DUBLIN, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS BLUE HELMETS HAVE BECOME PRE-EMINENT CATALYST FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

19990122 Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a wreathlaying ceremony at the Royal Hospital in Dublin, to honour Irish peacekeepers:

22 January 1999

Press Release
WOM/1082

22 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6870

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PEACEKEEPING CAN NO LONGER BE SEEN IN ISOLATION, ON RECEIVING HONORARY DEGREE FROM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND,

19990122 Kofi Annan Calls Peacekeeping Part of Continuum Of Tasks Stretching from Prevention to Conflict Resolution

Following is the text of the speech of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving an honorary LL.D. from the National University of Ireland in Dublin today:

21 January 1999

Press Release
REC/31