General Assembly: Press Release

18 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3097/

DESPITE INCREASING ACCEPTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW, SERIOUS BREACHES OF SUCH PRINCIPLES CONTINUE, ITALY TELLS SIXTH COMMITTEE CORRECTION

19981118

On page 2 of Press Release GA/L/3097 issued 13 November, the name of the representative of Yemen should be: AHMED ALI AL-AKWAA.

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18 November 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3266

CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE WOULD BE REQUESTED TO HOLD SPECIAL SESSION TO CONSIDER REQUESTS FOR EXEMPTION TO ARTICLE 19, BY FIFTH COMMITTEE TEXT

19981118 Committee Also Approves Text on Financing UNOMSIL, Discusses Human Resources Management, Board of Auditors Reports

18 November 1998

Press Release
GA/9506

ASSEMBLY CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT FOR CELEBRATION OF NEW MILLENNIUM IN BETHLEHEM FROM CHRISTMAS 1999 TO EASTER 2001

19981118 Estimating Cost of 2000 Bethlehem Project at $336 Million, Observer for Palestine says 2 Million Will Mark New Millennium in Bethlehem

17 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/151

ASSEMBLY ASKED TO SEEK REPORT ON POTENTIAL EXTENSION OF UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL BROADCASTING CAPACITY

19981117 Fourth Committee Text on Information Questions Notes Proposed DPI Radio Pilot Project, with Possible Technical Input from Member States

17 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/149/

'COMMUNICATIONS CULTURE' NEEDED IN UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM TO PROMOTE RELEVANCE OF WORLD ORGANIZATION, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD CORRECTION

19981117

On page 14 of Press Release GA/SPD/149 issued 13 November, the name of the representative of Bangladesh should be: ANWARUL KARIM CHOWDHURY.

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17 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3510

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT ONCE AGAIN CALLING UPON STATES TO GUARANTEE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF TRAVEL, RECOGNIZE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY REUNIFICATION

19981117 States Would Be Urged to Take All Appropriate Measures to Combat Hatred, Acts of Violence Motivated by Religious Intolerance, by Another Approved Draft

17 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3101

COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH HOST COUNTRY WOULD INCREASE MEMBERSHIP BY FOUR, BY TERMS OF DRAFT TEXT APPROVED THIS AFTERNOON BY SIXTH COMMITTEE

19981117 Draft Texts Also Approved on Principles for International Negotiations and on Centennial of First International Peace Conference

17 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3100

REVIEW OF CHARTER PROVISIONS CONCERNING THIRD STATES AFFECTED BY SANCTIONS REQUESTED IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY LEGAL COMMITTEE

19981117 Committee Also Approves Draft Text On United Nations Decade of International Law

17 November 1998

Press Release
GA/9505

16 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/150

CUBA TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE USE OF INFORMATION TO SUBVERT INTERNAL AFFAIRS IS VIOLATION OF SOVEREIGNTY, INTERNATIONAL LAW

19981116 Role of Internet, Other Technologies Discussed; Delegates Say Continuing Importance of Traditional Media -- Print, Radio, TV -- Not To Be Discounted