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Press Release

PI/1863

`UN WEEKLY', PUBLISHED BY UNIS VIENNA, NOW AVAILABLE ON WORLD WIDE WEB

25 November 1998


Press Release
PI/1863


`UN WEEKLY', PUBLISHED BY UNIS VIENNA, NOW AVAILABLE ON WORLD WIDE WEB

19981125

VIENNA, 25 November (UN Information Service) -— The United Nations Information Service (UNIS) at Vienna has its weekly publication "UN Weekly" now on the World Wide Web.

GA/EF/2854

ASSEMBLY WOULD WELCOME DECISIONS TO CANCEL BILATERAL DEBT OF CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY HURRICANE MITCH, BY SECOND COMMITTEE TEXT

25 November 1998


Press Release
GA/EF/2854


ASSEMBLY WOULD WELCOME DECISIONS TO CANCEL BILATERAL DEBT OF CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY HURRICANE MITCH, BY SECOND COMMITTEE TEXT

19981125 Texts on Small Island Developing States, Landlocked States in Central Asia, 2002 as Year of Ecotourism, Thirtieth Anniversary of UNFPA Also Approved

SG/SM/6798

IN WORLD AIDS DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS EMERGENCY PERSISTS IN MANY REGIONS, DESPITE MEDICAL ADVANCES

24 November 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6798
OBV/73


IN WORLD AIDS DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS EMERGENCY PERSISTS IN MANY REGIONS, DESPITE MEDICAL ADVANCES

19981124 High Cost of Treatment Noted, with 95 Per Cent of Infections In Poorer Countries; Tribute Paid to UN Pioneers Who Died in Plane Crash

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the observance of World AIDS Day on 1 December:

SC/6600

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME TO IRAQ -- 'OIL-FOR-FOOD' -- FOR 180 DAYS BEGINNING ON 26 NOVEMBER

24 November 1998


Press Release
SC/6600


SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME TO IRAQ -- 'OIL-FOR-FOOD' -- FOR 180 DAYS BEGINNING ON 26 NOVEMBER

19981124

The Security Council this afternoon decided to extend the programme of humanitarian assistance to Iraq known as "oil-for-food" for a period of 180 days beginning on 26 November at 00:01 a.m. EST. That programme allows Iraq to sell oil to purchase humanitarian goods for the Iraqi people.