General Assembly

8 June 1998

Press Release
GA/9413

ASSEMBLY'S SPECIAL SESSION HEARS CALLS FOR CREATION OF WORLD FUND FOR FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS WITH MONEY OBTAINED FROM SEIZURES OF CRIMINAL PROFITS

19980608 Several Speakers Stress Relationship Between Drug Trafficking, Arms Trading and Armed Conflict

8 June 1998

Press Release
GA/9411

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ALL NATIONS TO SAY 'YES' TO CHALLENGE OF WORKING TOWARDS DRUG-FREE WORLD

19980608

The twentieth special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem, attended by heads of State and government, opened this morning with a plea by the Secretary-General for all nations to say "yes" to the challenge of working towards a drug-free world.

5 June 1998

Press Release
GA/9410

SPECIAL SESSION OF ASSEMBLY ON WORLD DRUG PROBLEM TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS, 8 - 10 JUNE

19980605 Background Release Illicit Supply and Demand, Money-Laundering Amphetamine-type Stimulants among Critical Issues To Be Discussed

4 June 1998

Press Release
GA/9409

ASSEMBLY TO OPEN NEXT REGULAR SESSION ON WEDNESDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER BY RESOLUTION ON STRENGTHENING OF UN SYSTEM

19980604 Resolutions on Revitalization of Work Of Assembly and on Women's Conference also Adopted

3 June 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3228/

FIFTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERING FINANCING OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS CORRECTION

19980603

On the first page of Press Release GA/AB/3228 of 18 May 1998, the last sentence of the fourth paragraph, attributed to the representative of Israel, should read as follows:

2 June 1998

Press Release
GA/9407

ASSEMBLY DECIDES TO CONSIDER ELECTION OF JUDGES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS FOR RWANDA, FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

19980602

The General Assembly decided this morning to include in the agenda of its current session additional items on the election of judges of the International Criminal Tribunals in Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia.

29 May 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3234

FIFTH COMMITTEE SUSPENDS FINAL MEETING OF RESUMED SESSION FOR FURTHER CONSULTATIONS ON GRATIS PERSONNEL AND SUPPORT ACCOUNT

19980529 Texts on Financing of Peacekeeping Operations Approved; Amounts to Be Appropriated Held in Abeyance

28 May 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3233

22 May 1998

Press Release
GA/COL/2979

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES SOLEMN DUTY OF ALL NEW NATIONS TO ENSURE HUMAN RIGHTS FOR THEIR PEOPLE

19980522 Addresses Commemorative Meeting Observing Week of Solidarity with Colonial Peoples

21 May 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3232

GRATIS PERSONNEL NOT USED IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH COUNTRIES CONTRIBUTING TROOPS TO UNPREDEP

19980521 Fifth Committee Concludes Discussing Financing of Peacekeeping Operations