Press Release

13 November 1998

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GA/DIS/3135

URGENT STEPS TO REDUCE RISK OF ACCIDENTAL USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS CALLED FOR IN DRAFT TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

19981113 Committee Also Approves Draft Resolutions On New Disarmament Agenda, Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

13 November 1998

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GA/DIS/3134/

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD STRONGLY DEPLORE SOUTH ASIA NUCLEAR TESTS UNDER TERMS OF DRAFT TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE CORRECTION

19981113

In Press Release GA/DIS/3134 issued on 12 November, the statement of the representative of Ecuador on page 5 should read as follows:

13 November 1998

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GA/AB/3263

13 November 1998

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GA/9502
REF/1162

COUNTRIES PLEDGE $121 MILLION TO MEET UNHCR 1999 NEEDS, ESTIMATED AT $842.1 MILLION

19981113 High Commissioner for Refugees Says Progressive Reduction of UNHCR Budget Has Left Her Office Unable to Meet Some Needs of Refugees and Displaced

13 November 1998

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ECOSOC/5805
ICJ/559

13 November 1998

Press Release

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS UNITED NATIONS LEGAL COUNSEL WILL INTRODUCE INTERNATIONAL TREATY

19981113 ELECTRONIC DATABASE TO SIXTH COMMITTEE ON 16 NOVEMBER

12 November 1998

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SOC/NAR/789

12 November 1998

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SG/SM/6792

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES INSIGHTS OF WAR-TORN SOCIETIES PROJECT, AS PROJECT PRESENTS FINDINGS IN GENEVA

19981112 Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan read on his behalf by the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Alvaro de Soto, to the War-torn Societies Project, which presented some of its findings at a meeting in Geneva on 11 November:

12 November 1998

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SC/6595

SECURITY COUNCIL, RENEWING MANDATE OF MISSION IN TAJIKISTAN, CONDEMNS RECENT FIGHTING, URGES END TO USE OF FORCE

19981112 Unanimous Resolution 1206 (1998) Also Seeks Expeditions Inquiry into Murders of Four United Nations Observers in July

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Tajikistan (UNMOT) for another six months until 15 May 1999.

12 November 1998

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POP/689

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND AMBASSADOR NAMED WOMAN OF THE YEAR

19981112 NEW YORK, 11 November (UNFPA) -– United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Special Ambassador Waris Dirie has been named "Woman of the Year" by Glamour magazine.

Ms. Dirie, activist and supermodel, is a Special Ambassador for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation for the UNFPA.