General Assembly: Press Release

5 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3089

STATE RESPONSIBILITY CAN ONLY BE CIVIL, NOT CRIMINAL, IN CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, ASSEMBLY'S LEGAL COMMITTEE TOLD

19981105 As Debate Continues on Report of Law Commission, China Urges Distinction in Degree Between Various Wrongful Acts

5 November 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3129

MEASURES TO PREVENT VIOLENT DISINTEGRATION OF STATES CALLED FOR IN FIRST COMMITTEE TEXT

19981105 Fourteen Draft Resolutions Approved, Five by Recorded Vote; Transparency, Science and Technology, Outer Space among Issues Addressed

5 November 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3256/

IMBALANCE BETWEEN UN SYSTEM SERVICE CONDITIONS AND CONDITIONS OFFERED BY OTHER MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD BE RECTIFIED, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981105 CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/AB/3256 of 4 November, the last paragraph on page 1 should read:

4 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/146

4 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/144/

INTENSE PEACEMAKING EFFORTS MUST ACCOMPANY EVERY PEACEKEEPING OPERATION, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD CORRECTION

19981104

On page 6 and 7 of Press Release GA/SPD/144 issued 2 November, the statement of the representative of Belarus should read as follows:

4 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3496

4 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3495

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INTRODUCES ANNUAL REPORT, URGING INVESTMENT IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMME

19981104 Special Rapporteur on Elimination of Religious Intolerance, Human Rights in Iraq, and in Democratic Republic of Congo, Present Reports

4 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3494

4 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3088

QUESTION OF 'STATE RESPONSIBILITY' SAID TO BE MAIN OBSTACLE IN PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL RULE OF LAW, LEGAL COMMITTEE TOLD

19981104 Debate Continues on Commission Report; Call for Agreement On Procedures to Criminalize 'Heinous Behaviour' by Individuals

4 November 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2846

UNITED NATIONS TRAINING AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE SHOULD EXPAND TRAINING AND RESEARCH PROGRAMMES, ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TOLD

19981104

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) should expand its training and research programmes to better meet the needs of the international community, the Second Committee was told this afternoon as it considered UNITAR's work.