General Assembly

20 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3115

PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR TESTS ATTEMPT TO RESTORE MUTUAL DETERRENCE, PAKISTAN TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

19981020 Says India's Tests Provocation, Pakistan's Tests a Reaction; Nine Other Speakers Address Committee in Continued General Debate

19 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/139

TEXT ON UN SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC RADIATION APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE

19981019 Committee Concludes Debate on Effects of Atomic Radiation; Speakers Highlight Effects of 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Accident

19 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3478

ERRONEOUS NOTION OF SUPERIORITY OF MEN OVER WOMEN INJUSTICE TO HUMANITY, IRAN TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE AT CLOSE OF REVIEW OF ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

19981019 Special Advisor on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, Angela King, Closes Debate Covering Follow-up to 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women

19 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3477

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATE ON ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION COULD BE ELIMINATED IN THREE GENERATIONS

19981019 Symbolic Meaning of Rite of Passage Must be Maintained, While Eliminating Damaging or Lethal Results, San Marino Says

19 October 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3074

LEGAL COMMITTEE HEARS CALL FOR CREATION OF BODY TO STUDY EFFECTS OF CHAPTER VII SANCTIONS ON THIRD STATES

19981019 Future of Trusteeship Council also Discussed

19 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2828

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE HEARS CALL FOR INNOVATIVE POLICIES TO OVERCOME VULNERABILITIES POSED BY GLOBALIZATION

19981019 Speakers Stress Need to Implement Sustainable Development Commitments and Policies Elaborated in 1990s

19 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3114

CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION VERIFICATION MECHANISM 'EARNING ITS PLACE' IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

19981019 Director-General of Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Says Inspections Proceed Steadily, Apprehension Gives Way to Mutual Confidence

19 October 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3247

16 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3476

THIRD COMMITTEE DRAFT CALLS FOR ESTABLISHING OF AD HOC COMMITTEE TO ELABORATE CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME

19981016 Debate on Advancement of Women, Implementation of 1995 Beijing Conference Continues

16 October 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3073

SIXTH COMMITTEE OPENS REVIEW OF REPORT OF CHARTER COMMITTEE DISCUSSING EFFECT OF SANCTIONS ON THIRD STATES

19981016

The issue of sanctions and other enforcement measures and their effects on third States dominated the start of discussions this afternoon in the Sixth Committee (Legal) on the report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization.