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SG/SM/6670

'A SOCIETY THAT CUTS ITSELF OFF FROM ITS YOUTH SEVERS ITS LIFELINE', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MINISTERS FOR YOUTH WORLD CONFERENCE

10 August 1998


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SG/SM/6670
SOC/4464


'A SOCIETY THAT CUTS ITSELF OFF FROM ITS YOUTH SEVERS ITS LIFELINE', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MINISTERS FOR YOUTH WORLD CONFERENCE

19980810 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement to the opening of the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth, in Lisbon, on 8 August:

SG/T/2147

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISITS TO GUATEMALA AND MEXICO, 20-23 JULY

10 August 1998


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SG/T/2147


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISITS TO GUATEMALA AND MEXICO, 20-23 JULY

19980810 (Received from the Spokesman travelling with the Secretary-General.)

The Secretary-General arrived in Guatemala City, Guatemala, in the afternoon of Monday, 20 July. That evening he met with President Alvaro Arzu Irigoyen of Guatemala at the Presidential Palace. Among other things, they reviewed the process of implementation of the Guatemala peace accords.

SOC/4465

ETHEL BLONDIN-ANDREW OF CANADA ELECTED CHAIRPERSON OF MAIN COMMITTEE OF WORLD CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUTH

10 August 1998


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SOC/4465


ETHEL BLONDIN-ANDREW OF CANADA ELECTED CHAIRPERSON OF MAIN COMMITTEE OF WORLD CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUTH

19980810 (Received from a United Nations Information Officer.)

LISBON, 8 August -- Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Canadian Secretary of State for Children and Youth, has been elected as Chairperson of the Main Committee of the first World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth, which began in Lisbon this afternoon.

SOC/4462

PRESIDENT OF PORTUGAL EMPHASIZES NEED FOR CONCERTED GLOBAL ACTION AT OPENING OF WORLD CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUTH

10 August 1998


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SOC/4462


PRESIDENT OF PORTUGAL EMPHASIZES NEED FOR CONCERTED GLOBAL ACTION AT OPENING OF WORLD CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUTH

19980810 UN Secretary-General Calls for Nurturing of Society's Lifeline, Its Youth; Deputy Minister to Prime Minister of Portugal Elected as Conference President

(Reissued as received from a United Nations Information Officer.)

SG/A/684

ISSA B. Y. DIALLO OF GUINEA APPOINTED SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ANGOLA

7 August 1998


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SG/A/684
BIO/3174


ISSA B. Y. DIALLO OF GUINEA APPOINTED SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ANGOLA

19980807 Biographical Note

Issa B.Y. Diallo, presently Director of the Division of Conference Services at the United Nations Office at Geneva, was today appointed as the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Angola.