Press Release

17 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6799

WITHOUT GLOBAL COOPERATION BETWEEN GREAT AND SMALL ALIKE, NO PROGRESS AND NO PEACE CAN LAST FOREVER, SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES

19981117 Kofi Annan Tells Foreign Policy Association Politics Are at Root Of Globalization's Difficulties and Will Be at Heart of Any Solutions

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Foreign Policy Association, in New York today:

17 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

19981117 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:

17 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6797

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING -- NOT ANSWER TO ALL CONFLICT, BUT WITH CRUCIAL CONTINUING ROLE

19981117 Receiving 1998 World Methodist Peace Award, UN Chief Also Notes 50th Anniversary of Universal Human Rights Declaration

This is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in New York today, at a ceremony where he received the 1998 World Methodist Peace Award:

17 November 1998

Press Release
SC/6597

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS FAILURE OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA TO EXECUTE ARREST WARRANTS ISSUED BY FORMER YUGOSLAVIA TRIBUNAL

19981117 Resolution 1207 (1998) Adopted by 14-0-1

17 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/151

ASSEMBLY ASKED TO SEEK REPORT ON POTENTIAL EXTENSION OF UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL BROADCASTING CAPACITY

19981117 Fourth Committee Text on Information Questions Notes Proposed DPI Radio Pilot Project, with Possible Technical Input from Member States

17 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/149/

'COMMUNICATIONS CULTURE' NEEDED IN UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM TO PROMOTE RELEVANCE OF WORLD ORGANIZATION, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD CORRECTION

19981117

On page 14 of Press Release GA/SPD/149 issued 13 November, the name of the representative of Bangladesh should be: ANWARUL KARIM CHOWDHURY.

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17 November 1998

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GA/SM/74
IK/260

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS FOR LASTING SOLUTION TO CRISIS IN PERSIAN GULF BASED ON UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTIONS

19981117 The following is a statement issued today by the spokesman for the President of the General Assembly, Didier Opertti (Uruguay), concerning the Persian Gulf crisis:

17 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3510

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT ONCE AGAIN CALLING UPON STATES TO GUARANTEE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF TRAVEL, RECOGNIZE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY REUNIFICATION

19981117 States Would Be Urged to Take All Appropriate Measures to Combat Hatred, Acts of Violence Motivated by Religious Intolerance, by Another Approved Draft

17 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3101

COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH HOST COUNTRY WOULD INCREASE MEMBERSHIP BY FOUR, BY TERMS OF DRAFT TEXT APPROVED THIS AFTERNOON BY SIXTH COMMITTEE

19981117 Draft Texts Also Approved on Principles for International Negotiations and on Centennial of First International Peace Conference

17 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3100

REVIEW OF CHARTER PROVISIONS CONCERNING THIRD STATES AFFECTED BY SANCTIONS REQUESTED IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY LEGAL COMMITTEE

19981117 Committee Also Approves Draft Text On United Nations Decade of International Law