General Assembly

10 November 1998

Press Release
GA/9500

ASSEMBLY PROCLAIMS YEARS 2001 TO 2010 INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR CULTURE OF PEACE AND NON-VIOLENCE FOR WORLD'S CHILDREN

19981110 Invites Member States To Ensure Teaching of Peace and Non-Violence

The General Assembly this afternoon proclaimed the period 2001 to 2010 as the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World, as it concluded its consideration of a culture of peace.

10 November 1998

Press Release
GA/9499

ASSEMBLY PROCLAIMS YEAR 2002 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MOUNTAINS, DEBATES ESTABLISHING 2001-2010 DECADE FOR CULTURE OF PEACE

19981110 Adopts First Report of Credentials Committee

The General Assembly this morning proclaimed the Year 2002 as the International Year of Mountains, by adopting without a vote, a draft resolution recommended by the Economic and Social Council.

9 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/147

CONTRIBUTION OF UNRWA TO KEEPING PALESTINIAN CULTURAL IDENTITY ALIVE, AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED IN FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE

19981109 Agency's Commissioner-General Also Calls Attention to UNRWA's Declining Income and Increasing Needs

9 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3502

ROLE OF MEDIA IN PROMOTION OF TOLERANCE AND PEACE STRESSED AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES REVIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS

19981109 UNESCO Delegate Says Influence Can be Positive; Others Call for Definition of Rights to Allow for Cultural Differences

9 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3501

9 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3500/

RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT MUST BE FULLY RECOGNIZED AS HUMAN RIGHT, CHINA TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE

19981109 CORRECTION

On page 11 of Press Release GA/SHC/3500 of 6 November, the statement by the representative of Eritrea on page 11 should read as follows:

9 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3091

SIXTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL EFFORTS TO COMPLETE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITY OF STATES AND THEIR PROPERTY

19981109 Many Speakers Urge Establishment of Committee Working Group To Consider Draft Articles during Fifty-fourth Assembly Session

9 November 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3131

9 November 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3259

6 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3500

RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT MUST BE FULLY RECOGNIZED AS HUMAN RIGHT, CHINA TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE

19981106 Use of Economic Sanctions, Human Rights as Policy Weapon Also Addressed, as Committee Continues Consideration of Human Rights Matters