GENEVA, 12 June (UN Information Service) -- Senegal strongly supported appointment by the Conference on Disarmament of an ad hoc committee to begin negotiations on a phased programme of nuclear disarmament, the country's Minister for Foreign Affairs said in an address to the Conference this morning.
GAZA, 12 June (UNRWA) -- The aim of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) was to maintain services for some 3.4 million Palestine refugees and identify ways of doing so for as long as it was required, according to an agreed statement by delegates at an informal meeting of major donor and host governments in Amman.
The Secretary-General is increasingly concerned about the deteriorating situation in Congo, Brazzaville, and the rising human toll of this conflict.
Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters at Headquarters today:
It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you to New York for this twenty-ninth session of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.
Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the 1997 United Nations Population Award Ceremony, at Headquarters today:
