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20 May 1998

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SG/SM/6569

'THROUGH FAITH AND FORGIVENESS YOU MUST MAKE BOSNIA ONE AGAIN', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS COUNTRY'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS

19980520 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY In Remarks to Dialogue among Four Religious Leaders of Bosnia And Herzegovina, Kofi Annan Congratulates Them on 'Remarkable Act of Healing'

20 May 1998

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DSG/SM/5
DC/2608

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES INTERNATIONAL DETERMINATION TO BANISH CHEMICAL WEAPONS FROM ARSENALS OF ALL NATIONS

19980520 Following is the text of remarks by the Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the ceremony marking the official opening of the headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) at The Hague on 20 May:

20 May 1998

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SG/SM/6567

SECRETARY-GENERAL EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF MANAGING MULTILATERALISM FOR PEACEFUL CHANGE

19980520 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Columbia University Alumni Federation's centennial commencement day luncheon today:

20 May 1998

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DCF/334

KAZAKHSTAN FOREIGN MINISTER ADDRESSES DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE, CALLING FOR 'CUT-OFF' NEGOTIATIONS

19980520 (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 19 May (UN Information Service) -- Countries at the Conference on Disarmament called this morning for the immediate start of negotiations on a treaty to ban the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons.

20 May 1998

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SC/6518

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON REBELS IN SIERRA LEONE TO LAY DOWN ARMS, CEASE RESISTANCE TO LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT

19980520 Presidential Statement Condemns Atrocities By Rebels, Calls for End to All Violence against Civilians

19 May 1998

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SG/SM/6565
AFG/79

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED AT TALIBAN DECISION TO ABANDON FORUM FOR INTRA-AFGHAN DIALOGUE

19980519 The following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

19 May 1998

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DC/2607

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW CONFERENCE OF PARTIES TO NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY CONCLUDES SECOND SESSION

19980519

(Delayed in transmission; issued as received.)

19 May 1998

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SOC/4448

19 May 1998

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SG/SM/6566
ECO/3

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR GREATER COHERENCE BETWEEN TRADE AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM, IN STATEMENT TO WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE

19980519 It Is Sacred Duty of United Nations System, WTO and Bretton Woods Institutions to Give People Back Sound Reasons to Hope, Kofi Annan Emphasizes

19 May 1998

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GA/AB/3230