General Assembly: Press Release

12 October 1998

Press Release
GA/9478

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

19981012 Accepts Proposal for Use of Funds Saved through UNCTAD Cost Cutting, Authorizes Committee on Information to Meet in New York During Current Session

9 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/135

MAJORITY OF NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE LIST, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981009 Committee Continues Discussion of Decolonization Issues, Hears Petitioners on Western Sahara, Elects Vice-Chairman

9 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3469

9 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3468

IMPACT OF ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING ON SECURITY OF NATIONS AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED BY SPEAKERS IN THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATE

19981009 Consideration of Crime Prevention And Criminal Justice, International Drug Control Continues

9 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2820

GLOBAL ECONOMIC PLAYING FIELD NOT LEVEL, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

19981009 Economic and Financial Committee Takes Up Macroeconomic Policy Questions

9 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2819

9 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3106

DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE OPENS GENERAL DEBATE 12 OCTOBER, WITH FOCUS ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION, SMALL ARMS

19981009 Background Release Nuclear Disarmament Debate Given Renewed Intensity Following Nuclear Tests by India and Pakistan in May

9 October 1998

Press Release
GA/9477

GLOBAL PEACE, PROSPERITY NOT ASSURED WITHOUT THEIR ACHIEVEMENT IN AFRICA SAYS JAPAN, AS ASSEMBLY DISCUSSES WAYS TO SUSTAIN PEACE ON CONTINENT

19981009 Brazil Says Universal Membership and Moral Authority of Assembly Made it Appropriate Organ to Address Root Causes of African Conflict

9 October 1998

Press Release
GA/9475

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON DURABLE PEACE IN AFRICA, IMMEDIATE AND DRAMATIC ACTION NEEDED TO EASE AFRICA'S DEBT BURDEN

19981009 Africa's Initiatives to Solve Continent's Problems Must Be Supported by International Resources, Burkina Faso Says

8 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3467