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SG/SM/6751

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT WILL INSPIRE AND ASSIST IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATION ON PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT

15 October 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6751
DEV/2187


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT WILL INSPIRE AND ASSIST IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATION ON PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT

19981015 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY The following is the statement given today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening meeting of the Panel of High-level Personalities on African Development:

GA/SHC/3473/

RECOGNITION OF RAPE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AS WAR CRIMES HAS BEGUN TO REVERSE CLIMATE OF IMPUNITY, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

15 October 1998


Press Release
GA/SHC/3473/


RECOGNITION OF RAPE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AS WAR CRIMES HAS BEGUN TO REVERSE CLIMATE OF IMPUNITY, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

19981015 CORRECTION

On page 18 of Press Release GA/SHC/3473 of 14 October, the first part of the summary of the statement by the observer of the Holy See was inadvertently omitted. The full summary reads as follows:

SC/6585

COUNCIL EXTENDS CENTRAL AFRICAN MANDATE UNTIL 28 FEBRUARY 1999

15 October 1998


Press Release
SC/6585


COUNCIL EXTENDS CENTRAL AFRICAN MANDATE UNTIL 28 FEBRUARY 1999

19981015

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA) until 28 February 1999, at which time the Council intends for the Mission to be terminated. The Council decided further that the Mission's mandate should include support for the conduct of legislative elections in that country.