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GA/9501

ASSEMBLY ELECTS 18 NEW MEMBERS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, IN FOUR ROUNDS OF BALLOTING

12 November 1998


Press Release
GA/9501


ASSEMBLY ELECTS 18 NEW MEMBERS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, IN FOUR ROUNDS OF BALLOTING

19981112 Three-Year Terms To Become Effective 1 January 1999

In four rounds of balloting today, the General Assembly elected 18 members to fill vacancies on the 54-member Economic and Social Council. The newly elected members will begin their three-year terms on 1 January 1999.

TAD/1863

UNCTAD TO HELP REBUILD CENTRAL AMERICAN ECONOMIES DEVASTATED BY HURRICANE MITCH

11 November 1998


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TAD/1863


UNCTAD TO HELP REBUILD CENTRAL AMERICAN ECONOMIES DEVASTATED BY HURRICANE MITCH

19981111 (Reproduced as received.)

LYON, 11 November (UNCTAD) -- The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has joined the international effort to assist the reconstruction of the Central American countries devastated by Hurricane Mitch, in particular Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala.

SOC/CP/208

UNITED NATIONS HOSTING WESTERN ASIA REGIONAL MEETING ON CRIME, BEIRUT, 11-13 NOVEMBER

11 November 1998


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SOC/CP/208


UNITED NATIONS HOSTING WESTERN ASIA REGIONAL MEETING ON CRIME, BEIRUT, 11-13 NOVEMBER

19981111 (Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 10 November (UN Information Service) -- Experts and top government officials from up to 12 western Asian nations will be gathering in Beirut from 11 to 13 November to discuss how crime can be better controlled and prevented at the national and transnational levels.

SG/SM/6790

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY URGES PRESIDENT HUSSEIN AND IRAQI GOVERNMENT TO RESUME IMMEDIATE COOPERATION WITH UNSCOM AND I"A INSPECTORS

11 November 1998


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SG/SM/6790
IK/255


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY URGES PRESIDENT HUSSEIN AND IRAQI GOVERNMENT TO RESUME IMMEDIATE COOPERATION WITH UNSCOM AND IAEA INSPECTORS

19981111 The following is a statement to the press by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

I am saddened and burdened by the Iraqi decision of 5 August and 31 October not to cooperate with the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM).