Press Release
SG/T/2201
ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WASHINGTON, 25 SEPTEMBER 1999
19990929The Secretary-General departed New York for Washington on the afternoon of Saturday, 25 September.
The Secretary-General departed New York for Washington on the afternoon of Saturday, 25 September.
The Secretary-General travelled to Canada in the afternoon of Thursday, 2 September to Canada, where he attended the Eighth Francophonie Summit, which took place in Moncton, New Brunswick.
The Secretary-General left New York on Wednesday, 11 August, for Geneva, to participate at a ceremony commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. He spoke at the event, which was sponsored by the International Committee of the Red Cross, on Thursday morning.
The Secretary-General arrived in Austria on 18 July. He began his official programme the following day with a meeting with Austrian President Thomas Klestil. He was accompanied by Pino Arlacchi, Director General of the United Nations Office in Vienna.
The Secretary-General flew from Slovakia to the Czech Republic on the morning of 16 July. He began his official visit in Prague at a meeting with Foreign Minister Jan Kavan.
The Secretary-General arrived in Bratislava from Algeria on the evening of 14 July. This was the first visit by a United Nations Secretary-General to Slovakia since it became independent in January 1993.