Plenary

24 August 1998

Press Release
GA/9430

12 August 1998

Press Release
GA/9429

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CONTINUES OFFICIAL VISIT TO LEBANON

19980812 (Delayed in transmission.)

BEIRUT, 4 August -- The President of the General Assembly, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine), who is now visiting Lebanon on official invitation of the Lebanese Government, held on Tuesday, a series of meetings with the country's leadership.

30 July 1998

Press Release
GA/9428

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEFERS FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED TIME LIMITS ON NEW INITIATIVES UNTIL FIFTY-THIRD SESSION

19980730 Aspect of Secretary-General's July 1997 Programme for Reform Would Make Renewal of 'New' Initiatives Subject to Assembly Review

The General Assembly this afternoon decided to continue its consideration of the Secretary-General's reform proposal on time limits on new initiatives at its fifty-third session.

7 July 1998

Press Release
GA/9427

PALESTINE OBSERVER IS GRANTED ADDITIONAL RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE IN WORK OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19980707 Resolution Deals with Co-Sponsorship of Texts; Point Of Order; Statements on Agenda Items Unrelated to Middle East Issues

26 June 1998

Press Release
GA/9425

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES PEACEKEEPING FUNDS FOR 1998/1999, ACTS ALSO ON YEAR 2000 CONVERSION PROBLEM FOR COMPUTERS

19980626

The General Assembly decided to appropriate a total of $636.7 million gross ($611.7 million net) for peacekeeping operations for the period from 30 June 1998 to 1 July 1999, as it took action this morning on draft decisions and resolutions recommended by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary).

10 June 1998

Press Release
GA/9423

ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON COUNTERING WORLD DRUG PROBLEM TOGETHER CONCLUDES AT HEADQUARTERS, 8-10 JUNE

19980610 Adopts Political Declaration, Guiding Principles on Demand Reduction, Measures to Enhance International Cooperation to Counter World Drug Problem

10 June 1998

Press Release
GA/9422

STATES PLEDGE TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE DEMAND FOR AND SUPPLY OF ILLICIT DRUGS BY 2008, AS ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES SPECIAL SESSION

19980610 Political Declaration, Guiding Principles on Drug Demand Reduction, Measures For International Cooperation Adopted without Vote

10 June 1998

Press Release
GA/9421

ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF DRUG MENACE; PLIGHT OF TRANSIT COUNTRIES, VULNERABLE SOCIAL GROUPS AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED

19980610

The most effective way to contain the flow of drugs from poorer countries is to support their efforts towards sustainable economies, Ghana's Minister of the Interior told the General Assembly this afternoon as it continued its special session devoted to countering the world's drug problem together.

10 June 1998

Press Release
GA/9420

9 June 1998

Press Release
GA/9419

HUMAN RIGHTS AND SCOURGE OF DRUGS, DRIFTING OF YOUTH, ROLE OF FAMILY AS STABILIZING FORCE AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED AT SPECIAL SESSION

19980609

It is fitting that the General Assembly's special session devoted to countering the world drug problem together is being held on the fiftieth anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Cameroon's representative said this evening as the Assembly continued its three-day special session.