General Assembly

30 September 1998

Press Release
GA/9459

UNSCOM NOT REPORTING FACTS ABOUT IRAQI COMPLIANCE WITH COUNCIL RULES, IRAQ FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS, WELCOMING REVIEW UNDER SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980930 Foreign Minister of Saint Lucia Tells Continuing Assembly General Debate WTO Ruling on European Banana Marketing May Destroy Economies in Caribbean

29 September 1998

Press Release
GA/9458

GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEARS AFGHANISTAN CLAIMS OF PAKISTAN SUPPORT OF TALIBAN ALSO, ASSEMBLY RE-ELECTS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

19980929 Hears Views on UN Reform, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

29 September 1998

Press Release
GA/9457

UNITED STATES BOMBING OF PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT GRAVE 'ACT OF TERRORISM' SUDAN'S MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19980929 Notes United States Opposition to Security Council Mission; Malta, Togo, Syria, Azerbaijan, Libya, Fiji, Turkmenistan Also Speak

28 September 1998

Press Release
GA/9456

YASSER ARAFAT URGES PRESSURE ON ISRAEL TO CARRY OUT EXISTING AGREEMENTS AS HE MAKES FIRST ADDRESS IN ASSEMBLY'S GENERAL DEBATE

19980928 Other Speakers Cite Refugee Problems, Dangers on Korean Peninsula, Ill Effects of Globalization

28 September 1998

Press Release
GA/9455

NEW FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE NEEDED TO AVOID POSSIBLE GLOBAL DEPRESSION FOREIGN MINISTER OF MALAYSIA TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19980928 Foreign Minister of Singapore Tells General Debate Rejection of Free Trade and Open Markets May Lead to Global Tension

25 September 1998

Press Release
GA/9454

CONDITIONS ACHIEVED FOR LIFTING ARMS EMBARGO IMPOSED ON LIBERIA, FOREIGN MINISTER OF LIBERIA SAYS

19980925

The arms embargo imposed on Liberia by the Security Council in 1992 should be lifted, as the reason for its application no longer existed, Monie Captan, Foreign Minister of Liberia, told the General Assembly this afternoon.

25 September 1998

Press Release
GA/9453

TURKEY'S FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF UN RESOLUTIONS PREVENTS SOLUTION IN CYPRUS, PRESIDENT OF CYPRUS TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19980925 Armenia's President says Negotiations with Azerbaijan at Impasse, Seven Foreign Ministers Address Assembly in continued General Debate

25 September 1998

Press Release
GA/9452/

NIGERIA TO RETURN TO DEMOCRATIC, CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT BY MAY 1999, HEAD OF STATE OF NIGERIA TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CORRECTION

19980925

On page 14 of Press Release GA/9452 of 24 September, the statement in right of reply by the representative of Turkey should read as follows:

24 September 1998

Press Release
GA/9452

NIGERIA TO RETURN TO DEMOCRATIC, CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT BY MAY 1999, HEAD OF STATE OF NIGERIA TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19980924 During Continuing General Debate, Prime Minister of Lebanon Asks UN to Address Israeli Arbitrary Jailing of 'Hundreds of Sons'

"Our goal is to return our country to a democratically elected civilian government on 29 May 1999", Abdulsalam A. Abubakar, the Head of State of Nigeria, told the General Assembly this afternoon.

24 September 1998

Press Release
GA/9451

ISRAELI PEOPLE WILLING TO MAKE PAINFUL COMPROMISES FOR PEACE, PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19980924 As Assembly Continues General Debate, Prime Minister of Turkey Says Conflict Prevention in Potential Crisis Areas Should Be Given Greater Focus