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GA/9478/
16 October 1998


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GA/9478/


CLOSING DISCUSSION OF CAUSES OF CONFLICTS, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA, ASSEMBLY HEARS CALLS FOR ADDRESS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF CONTINENT

19981016 CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/9478 of 12 October, the third full paragraph on page 13, which is part of the summary of the statement by the Permanent Representative of Eritrea, HAILE MENKERIOS, should read as follows:

GA/SHC/3473/
15 October 1998


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GA/SHC/3473/


RECOGNITION OF RAPE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AS WAR CRIMES HAS BEGUN TO REVERSE CLIMATE OF IMPUNITY, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

19981015 CORRECTION

On page 18 of Press Release GA/SHC/3473 of 14 October, the first part of the summary of the statement by the observer of the Holy See was inadvertently omitted. The full summary reads as follows:

GA/AB/3245
15 October 1998


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GA/AB/3245


FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ON GRATIS PERSONNEL

19981015

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon approved a draft resolution reaffirming that 28 February 1999 was the deadline for phasing out staff loaned to the United Nations by Governments and other entities.

GA/SPD/138
14 October 1998


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GA/SPD/138


FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION

19981014

Sixty-seven nuclear-weapon tests were carried out in the Marshall Islands over 12 years without the population knowing the true extent of personal injuries and environmental damage caused by the nuclear blasts, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) was told this afternoon as it began its consideration of the effects of atomic radiation.