General Assembly

13 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/149*

'COMMUNICATIONS CULTURE' NEEDED IN UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM TO PROMOTE RELEVANCE OF WORLD ORGANIZATION, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981113 Under-Secretary-General Reviews Initiatives to Ensure Challenge is Met; Cites Importance of Harnessing Available Technologies

13 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3508

MEASURES TO PROTECT CHILDREN, COMBAT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, END DEGRADING TREATMENT OF MIGRANT WORKERS RECOMMENDED BY THIRD COMMITTEE TEXTS

19981113 Drafts on Human Rights Situation in Iraq, Assistance to Unaccompanied Refugee Minors, Human Rights and Unilateral Coercive Measures Introduced

13 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3097

13 November 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3136

CHAIRMAN CITES `DAUNTING GLOBAL CHALLENGE' OF DISARMAMENT AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONCLUDES WORK FOR CURRENT SESSION

19981113 Approves Draft Decision on Test-Ban Treaty, Draft Resolution on Banning Production of Fissile Material

13 November 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3135

URGENT STEPS TO REDUCE RISK OF ACCIDENTAL USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS CALLED FOR IN DRAFT TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

19981113 Committee Also Approves Draft Resolutions On New Disarmament Agenda, Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

13 November 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3134/

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD STRONGLY DEPLORE SOUTH ASIA NUCLEAR TESTS UNDER TERMS OF DRAFT TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE CORRECTION

19981113

In Press Release GA/DIS/3134 issued on 12 November, the statement of the representative of Ecuador on page 5 should read as follows:

13 November 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3263

13 November 1998

Press Release
GA/9502
REF/1162

COUNTRIES PLEDGE $121 MILLION TO MEET UNHCR 1999 NEEDS, ESTIMATED AT $842.1 MILLION

19981113 High Commissioner for Refugees Says Progressive Reduction of UNHCR Budget Has Left Her Office Unable to Meet Some Needs of Refugees and Displaced

12 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3507

PROTECTION ROLE IMPORTANT AS SECURITY IN REFUGEE CAMPS IS GROWING CONCERN OF AGENCY WORKERS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

19981112 UNHCR Representative, Uneasy at 'Erosion of Human Rights', Welcomes Global Support for Efforts to Aid World's Displaced Persons

12 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3506

HEAVY BURDEN BORNE BY COUNTRIES FACING SUDDEN MOVEMENTS OF REFUGEES AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED BY THIRD COMMITTEE

19981112 Security of Humanitarian Workers, Abduction of Vincent Cochetel also Addressed by Speakers