This is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:
Two exhibits celebrating the International Year of Older Persons will be on display at United Nations Headquarters from 11 September to 21 October.
THE HAGUE, 22 September (ICJ) -- The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has instituted proceedings against India before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning the shooting down of a Pakistani aircraft by Indian air force planes on 10 August 1999.
The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this morning elected Matia Mulumba Semakula Kiwanuka (Uganda), Yuri Kazhura (Belarus) and Carlos Morales (Spain) as Vice-Chairmen. The Committee deferred election of its Rapporteur until a future meeting. The Chairman of the Committee, Sotirios Zacheos (Cyprus), was elected on 14 September.
The Somalian crisis was a tragedy that the international community was unwilling to acknowledge, Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti, told the General Assembly this afternoon as it continued its general debate.
NEW YORK, 22 September (Department for Disarmament Affairs) - An International Workshop on the Modalities for the Establishment of an Arms Register and Database in Africa will be held in Accra, Ghana on 23 and 24 September 1999.
