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Press Release

SOC/4414

FULL EMPLOYMENT IS DESIRABLE, ACHIEVABLE GOAL, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TOLD

25 February 1997


Press Release
SOC/4414


FULL EMPLOYMENT IS DESIRABLE, ACHIEVABLE GOAL, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TOLD

19970225

Full employment should remain a central objective of public policy, the Commission for Social Development was told this morning as it began its thirty-fifth session under the priority theme "productive employment and sustainable livelihoods".

SG/SM/6167

SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWS REFORM PROCESS IN REMARKS TO ASSEMBLY'S WORKING GROUP ON STRENGTHENING OF UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM

25 February 1997


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SG/SM/6167


SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWS REFORM PROCESS IN REMARKS TO ASSEMBLY'S WORKING GROUP ON STRENGTHENING OF UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM

19970225

Following is the summary of the introductory remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of the second substantive session of the open-ended high-level working group of the General Assembly on the strengthening of the United Nations system, on Monday, 24 February:

L/2825

AD HOC COMMITTEE ON TERRORIST BOMBINGS BEGINS FIRST SESSION

24 February 1997


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L/2825


AD HOC COMMITTEE ON TERRORIST BOMBINGS BEGINS FIRST SESSION

19970224

A system of stable democratic relations based on the rule of law and sustainable social development would help reduce political turmoil that led to terrorism, the Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of a convention on the suppression of terrorist bombings was told this morning, as it began its first session.

SG/SM/6166

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE TO INTER-PARLIAMENTARY WORKSHOP ON INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA

24 February 1997


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SG/SM/6166


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE TO INTER-PARLIAMENTARY WORKSHOP ON INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA

19970224 Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the inter-parliamentary workshop on the theme "Securing State cooperation and compliance with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda", held in Belleville (Cape Town), South Africa, today, and delivered by the President of the Tribunal, Laity Kama: