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SG/SM/6441
19 January 1998


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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:

WOM/1003
16 January 1998


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WOM/1003


COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TO HOLD EIGHTEENTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

19980116 Background Release

Discrimination against women in conflict situations and their aftermath are among the issues to be examined as the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women convenes its eighteenth session at Headquarters from 19 January to 6 February.

DCF/317
16 January 1998


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DCF/317


CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO OPEN 1998 SESSION ON 20 JANUARY

19980116 Background Release

GENEVA, 16 January (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will open its 1998 session on Tuesday, 20 January at the United Nations Office at Geneva.