Presidents & Prime Ministers articles from January 1999

Presidents & Prime Ministers archives from January 1999

50th Anniversary.(Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
January 1, 1999... The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is both a mirror of and a challenge to our common humanity. It is an inspiration for pursuing our highest ideals and an indictment of where we have yet failed to achieve them. Its enduring power to...

Reforms in India.(Transcript)
January 1, 1999... ... For nearly 200 years now, Indians have sailed to distant shores in search of employment and trade. Many, the forefathers of some of you, settled where they worked. The conditions in the early days of migration were neither easy nor happy,...

New Year's Message.(Switzerland)(Transcript)
January 1, 1999... This is the last year of the century. It is a great honor for me to send you the best wishes of the Federal Council. Switzerland has experienced difficult years. It has been plagued by doubts. It has felt attacked and isolated. On this...

Presidential Decree.
January 1, 1999... Taking into consideration the numerous complaints and applications in connection with the activity of the state agencies, carrying out the supervision and inspection duties, the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On...

New Year's Message.(Transcript)
January 1, 1999... As we usher in 1999, I hope with all my heart that all of you are happy and that you will be full of expectation as you take the first step toward a new beginning. All of us have exerted our utmost efforts to rescue the nation from the...

A Secretary General's Role.(United Nations)(Transcript)
January 1, 1999... ... I am delighted to join you tonight to inaugurate the Peter G. Peterson Center for International Studies here at the Council on Foreign Relations. Allow me to begin by paying tribute to everything Pete has done to strengthen your mission....

NATO's 50th Anniversary.(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)(Transcript)
January 1, 1999... Fundamental, structural changes in international relations generally take place slowly. The effects of those changes can take even longer to materialize. I am reminded of something Chou-Enlai said on a visit to Paris in the 1950s. When asked...

Peace Implementation Council.(Transcript)
January 1, 1999... ... Three years have now passed since the signing of the Dayton Accords, and a year since we last met in this Council. So this is a good moment to pause, to assess how we are progressing, and to map out the best route by which to reach our...

Moving Towards Global Stability.(Transcript)
January 1, 1999... ... The start of a New Year is typically a time for looking forward. It is a time to reflect on the events of the past year, and to look to the year that lies ahead. But these are not ordinary times, and predicting what the next twelve...

Our Kosovo Responsibilities.(Transcript)
January 1, 1999... ... Some of what I have to say will be very familiar to many of you, who have spent much of your professional lives working on the Balkans. I thank you for your dedication and your indulgence this morning. For where American interests and...

Austria's Contribution.(Transcript)
January 1, 1999... ... I shall first touch the issue of enlargement concentrating on the respective developments under the Austrian Presidency and shall then continue with some remarks on the impact of the enlargement process on the economies of the countries of...

The Palace of the Herons.
January 1, 1999... The Palace of the Herons is the official residence of the President of the Republic of Panama Ernesto Perez Balladares, and the First Lady, Dora Boyd de Perez Balladares. History The Palace of the Herons was first built in 1673, and...

Fourth Inaugural Address.(Transcript)
January 1, 1999... MR. Chief Justice, Mr. Vice President, my friends, you will understand and, I believe, agree with my wish that the form of this inauguration be simple and its words brief. We Americans of today, together with our allies, are passing...

Notable Quotes.
January 1, 1999... "Acknowledging market economy principles and enterpreneurship development as the major direction of the state economic policy, and aiming at implementing in full the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan..." President...