General Assembly

10 December 1998

Press Release
GA/9534

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES COMMEMORATION OF FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

19981210 Forty-nine Speakers Address Afternoon, Evening Sessions On Danger of Sanctions, Human Rights Defenders, Poverty as Denial of Rights

10 December 1998

Press Release
GA/9533

MARKING FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ASSEMBLY NOTES NEED TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES TO THEIR FULL ENJOYMENT

19981210 Human Rights Commissioner Calls on International Community to Translate Words of Declaration into Actions, Human Rights Prizes Awarded

9 December 1998

Press Release
GA/9532

GENERAL ASSEMBLY REAFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT AS INTEGRAL PART OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS

19981209 Acting on Recommendations of Third Committee, Assembly Adopts 64 Proposals, Nine by Recorded Votes

9 December 1998

Press Release
GA/9531

AFGHANISTAN TELLS ASSEMBLY TALIBAN IS A MERCENARY FORCE FOR PAKISTAN, DURING DEBATE ON IMPLICATIONS OF AFGHAN SITUATION ON PEACE AND SECURITY

19981209 Draft Introduced by Which Assembly Would Stress Responsibility of Afghan Parties for Political Solution to Conflict

8 December 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3278

UNITED NATIONS PENSION FUND WOULD MAKE PAYMENTS TO DIVORCED SURVIVING SPOUSES, BY TEXT APPROVED IN FIFTH COMMITTEE

19981208 Committee Also Discusses 1998-1999 Budget, Proposed 2000-2001 Budget Outline

The United Nations Pension Fund would make payments to divorced surviving spouses, according to the terms of a nine-part draft resolution approved without a vote this morning by the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary).

8 December 1998

Press Release
GA/9530

NEGOTIATIONS WILL BEGIN ON CONVENTION TO SUPPRESS FINANCING OF TERRORISM, GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECIDES, AS IT ACTS ON REPORTS OF SIXTH COMMITTEE

19981208 Adopts, Without Votes, 13 Resolutions and 1 Decision, Including Means to Finalize Preparations for International Criminal Court

8 December 1998

Press Release
GA/9529

ASSEMBLY EXTENDS INTERNATIONAL CIVILIAN MISSION IN HAITI TO 31 DECEMBER 1999, URGING NATION'S AUTHORITIES TO MOBILIZE WILL TO REFORM JUSTICE SYSTEM

19981208 Calls for Continued International Assistance to Somalia, And to Refugees and Countries of Asylum in Central and Eastern Africa

7 December 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3277

MANY UN STAFF FROM RWANDA CURRENTLY UNDER ARREST ARE SUSPECTED OF PARTICIPATING IN 1994 GENOCIDE, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981207 As Human Resources Management Discussed, Rwanda's Representative Asks If Genocidal Mindset Was Prerequisite for UN Recruitment Pre-1994 Genocide

7 December 1998

Press Release
GA/9528

ASSEMBLY URGES GLOBAL COOPERATION ON LIKELY EFFECTS OF YEAR 2000 COMPUTER PROBLEM; RISKS TO POORER COUNTRIES STRESSED

19981207 Texts on Safety of Humanitarian Personnel, Aid for Developing Nations, Links with OAU Also Adopted; Committee Vacancies Filled

7 December 1998

Press Release
GA/9527