Press Release

22 January 1998

Press Release
SG/A/664
BIO/3133

21 January 1998

Press Release
SG/A/662
BIO/3130*

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NADIA YOUNES AS UNITED NATIONS PROTOCOL CHIEF

19980121 Biographical Note Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Nadia Younes as United Nations Chief of Protocol. Ms. Younes, who assumed her new post on 19 January, succeeds Livio Muzi Falconi.

Prior to her appointment, Ms. Younes was the Director of the Media Division, Department of Public Information (DPI).

21 January 1998

Press Release
WOM/1008

PLIGHT OF REFUGEES ATTEMPTING TO RETURN HOME, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, EQUAL ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE AMONG ISSUES RAISED BY EXPERTS

19980121 Reviewing Croatia's Compliance with Convention On Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

21 January 1998

Press Release
DCF/319

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT BEGINS FIRST PART OF 1998 SESSION

19980121

GENEVA, 20 January (UN Information Service) -- Disarmament was of central importance to the global agenda, and the United Nations had an essential role and primary responsibility in that field, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a message to the opening of the first part of the 1998 session of the Conference on Disarmament this morning.

21 January 1998

Press Release
WOM/1007

PEACE AND STABILITY ENABLE CROATIA TO FOCUS ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19980121 Country Delegation Introduces Initial Report On Compliance with Anti-Discrimination Convention

20 January 1998

Press Release
WOM/1005

PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF NAGORNY KARABAKH CONFLICT IS REQUIRED FOR WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN AZERBAIJAN

19980120 Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women Told As Discussion of Azerbaijan's Report on Convention's Implementation Begins

20 January 1998

Press Release
POP/655

20 January 1998

Press Release
WOM/1006

HIGH MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES, PRIVATIZATION OF HEALTH-CARE SECTOR AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED BY EXPERTS ON AZERBAIJAN REPORT

19980120 As Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women Continues Consideration of Azerbaijan's Report

20 January 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6443
DCF/318

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES UNITED NATIONS ESSENTIAL ROLE AND PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IN DISARMAMENT FIELD

19980120

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the opening today of the 1998 session of the Conference on Disarmament, which was delivered on his behalf by Vladimir Petrovsky, his Personal Representative and Secretary-General of the Conference:

19 January 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6441

NOBODY SPOKE MORE CLEARLY, MORE CONSISTENTLY, MORE CONVINCINGLY OF IDEALS OF PEACE, DIGNITY AND JUSTICE THAN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

19980119 Secretary-General Kofi Annan States, on Occasion Of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, in Event at Brooklyn Academy of Music

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on the occasion of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 19 January: