General Assembly: Press Release

4 November 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3128

DRAFT RESOLUTION ON NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

19981104 Texts Also Approved on Nuclear Disarmament, Ottawa Convention, Objective Information on Military Matters

4 November 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3256

4 November 1998

Press Release
GA/9497

ASSEMBLY PROCLAIMS 2001 UNITED NATIONS YEAR OF DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS, EXPRESSING DETERMINATION TO FACILITATE INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSION

19981104 Instead of Accepting 'Clash of Civilizations" International Community Should Create Bounteous Crossroad, Malaysia Says

3 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/145

NO PARTICULAR REGION SHOULD BE GIVEN A PRE-EMINENT POSITION IN PEACEKEEPING, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981103

No particular region should be given a pre-eminent position in peacekeeping, nor should any have its own brigade designated as a United Nations Brigade to the exclusion of others, the representative of Pakistan said this afternoon as the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) continued its review of peacekeeping operations.

3 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3493

GOALS SET AT 1993 HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE STYMIED BY INTERNATIONAL MISTRUST, INDIA TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE REVIEW OF VIENNA DECLARATION AND ACTION PLAN

19981103 Connection between Development, Democracy and Human Rights Stressed

3 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3087

LEGAL COMMITTEE BEGINS REVIEW OF STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTS DEEMED INTERNATIONALLY WRONGFUL

19981103

The Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon began discussion of issues involved in State responsibility for internationally wrongful acts, as it took up a section of the International Law Commission's report dealing with the subject.

3 November 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2845

POVERTY ERADICATION MEASURES MUST RESPECT PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ECONOMIC COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19981103

Respect for the principles of human rights was essential in efforts to eradicate poverty, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) was told this morning as it ended its general discussion on the implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006).

3 November 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2843/

ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TAKES UP ISSUE OF POVERTY ERADICATION; CHINA URGES ROLE FOR THOSE AFFECTED IN FRAMING PROGRAMMES CORRECTION

19981103

Following is the statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs which was inadvertently omitted from Press Release GA/EF/2843 issued yesterday:

3 November 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3127

NEGOTIATIONS ON CONVENTION PROHIBITING NUCLEAR-WEAPON USE CALLED FOR IN TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

19981103 Resolutions Concerning Biological and Chemical Weapons, Radioactive Waste, Regional Arms Control, Small Arms Traffic Also Approved

3 November 1998

Press Release
GA/9495

ASSEMBLY ELECTS NINE JUDGES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA TO SERVE UNTIL MAY 2003, IN FIVE ROUNDS OF BALLOTING

19981103 Six to Replace Judges Whose Term Expire May 1999, Three Others Will Begin Duties Without Delay on Newly Established Third Trial Chamber