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SG/SM/6862
14 January 1999


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SG/SM/6862


ON SIGNING ANNE FRANK DECLARATION, SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES THAT MANY IN UN SYSTEM WORK FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR WELL-BEING OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN

19990114 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of remarks made today at Headquarters by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on signing the Anne Frank Declaration:

DCF/351
12 January 1999


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DCF/351


CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO OPEN 1999 SESSION ON 19 JANUARY

19990112 Background Release

GENEVA, 12 January (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will open its 1999 session on 19 January at the United Nations Office at Geneva.

SC/6626
12 January 1999


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SC/6626


SECURITY COUNCIL 1998: ELUSIVE QUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

19990112

Despite auspicious signs at the beginning of 1998 that peaceful solutions would resolve some long-standing conflicts and crises, by the end of the year the overall global security landscape looked grim, with renewed bombing of Iraq, as well as continued conflict in Africa.