General Assembly: Press Release

20 October 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3075

CALLS FOR BURDEN-SHARING MECHANISM TO EASE SANCTIONS EFFECTS ON THIRD STATES, AS SIXTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF REPORT OF CHARTER COMMITTEE

19981020 States Less Likely to Follow Sanctions Regime Without Assurance Economic Sacrifice Will be Alleviated, Says United Republic of Tanzania

20 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2830

CULTURAL ASPECTS MUST BE INTEGRATED INTO WORLDWIDE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

19981020 Committee Considers Cultural Development, Renewal of Dialogue On Strengthening International Economic Development Cooperation

20 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2829

INTEGRATION OF ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION INTO WORLD ECONOMY OFTEN LEADS TO HEIGHTENED POVERTY, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

19981020 Texts Introduced on Business and Development, Industrial Development Cooperation, Operational Activities for Development

20 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3116

ELIMINATION OF MIDDLE EAST'S WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION STRESSED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DEBATE

19981020 Several Speakers Cite Israel's Failure to Join NPT, IAEA Regime, Say Treatment Reveals 'Double Standard' in Addressing Nuclear Threat

20 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3115

PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR TESTS ATTEMPT TO RESTORE MUTUAL DETERRENCE, PAKISTAN TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

19981020 Says India's Tests Provocation, Pakistan's Tests a Reaction; Nine Other Speakers Address Committee in Continued General Debate

19 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/139

TEXT ON UN SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC RADIATION APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE

19981019 Committee Concludes Debate on Effects of Atomic Radiation; Speakers Highlight Effects of 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Accident

19 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3478

ERRONEOUS NOTION OF SUPERIORITY OF MEN OVER WOMEN INJUSTICE TO HUMANITY, IRAN TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE AT CLOSE OF REVIEW OF ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

19981019 Special Advisor on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, Angela King, Closes Debate Covering Follow-up to 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women

19 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3477

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATE ON ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION COULD BE ELIMINATED IN THREE GENERATIONS

19981019 Symbolic Meaning of Rite of Passage Must be Maintained, While Eliminating Damaging or Lethal Results, San Marino Says

19 October 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3074

LEGAL COMMITTEE HEARS CALL FOR CREATION OF BODY TO STUDY EFFECTS OF CHAPTER VII SANCTIONS ON THIRD STATES

19981019 Future of Trusteeship Council also Discussed

19 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2828

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE HEARS CALL FOR INNOVATIVE POLICIES TO OVERCOME VULNERABILITIES POSED BY GLOBALIZATION

19981019 Speakers Stress Need to Implement Sustainable Development Commitments and Policies Elaborated in 1990s