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SG/SM/6543

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, CALLS FOR RECOMMITMENT TO PRINCIPLES OF INDEPENDENT PRESS

30 April 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6543
OBV/43


SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, CALLS FOR RECOMMITMENT TO PRINCIPLES OF INDEPENDENT PRESS

19980430 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, 3 May:

Every year, World Press Freedom Day provides us with an opportunity to reflect on the principles of a free and independent press, to which all societies should aspire.

SC/6511

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN MAY

30 April 1998


Press Release
SC/6511


NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN MAY

19980430 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for May:

Security Council

Njuguna M. Mahugu (Kenya) succeeds Hisashi Owada (Japan) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

DSG/SM/3/Rev.1*

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTABILITY OF ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES SHOULD BE EMULATED

29 April 1998


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DSG/SM/3/Rev.1*


DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTABILITY OF ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES SHOULD BE EMULATED

19980429 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of the statement by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette, to be delivered tomorrow at the ceremony to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Organization of American States, in Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia:

SC/6509

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF MONUA UNTIL 30 JUNE

29 April 1998


Press Release
SC/6509


SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF MONUA UNTIL 30 JUNE

19980429 Resolution 1164 (1998), Adopted Unanimously, Endorses Deployment Of Additional Police Observers and Drawdown of Military Personnel