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Press Release

SOC/NAR/797

NARCOTICS COMMISSION BOOSTS EFFORTS TO MEET DRUG CONTROL TARGETS AT ANNUAL MEETING IN VIENNA

26 March 1999


Press Release
SOC/NAR/797


NARCOTICS COMMISSION BOOSTS EFFORTS TO MEET DRUG CONTROL TARGETS AT ANNUAL MEETING IN VIENNA

19990326 (Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 25 March (UN Information Service) -- Agreeing that nations had taken major steps to meet drug control targets set at the General Assembly special session last June, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs renewed pledges made at that milestone event as it ended its 10-day session today in Vienna.

SC/6659

SECURITY COUNCIL REJECTS DEMAND FOR CESSATION OF USE OF FORCE AGAINST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

26 March 1999


Press Release
SC/6659


SECURITY COUNCIL REJECTS DEMAND FOR CESSATION OF USE OF FORCE AGAINST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

19990326 Russian Federation, Sponsor of Resolution, Says Those Voting against Text Place Themselves in Situation of Lawlessness

The Security Council this morning rejected a demand for the immediate cessation of the use of force against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the urgent resumption of negotiations.

POP/719

POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CONCLUDES SESSION

26 March 1999


Press Release
POP/719


POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CONCLUDES SESSION

19990326

The Population Division would continue its work while giving due attention to issues related to youth, ageing, migration and data collection, according to one of two draft proposals approved in the Commission on Population and Development as it concluded its session this afternoon.