Press Release

5 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6785

PERSUADING SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT TO COME ON BOARD ONE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL'S FIRST GREAT SUCCESSES

19981105 Kofi Annan Tells Gala Dinner of International Peace Academy

Following is the text of remarks made yesterday in New York by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a gala dinner of the International Peace Academy honouring his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Olara Otunnu:

5 November 1998

Press Release
SC/6591

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS IRAQ'S DECISION TO CEASE COOPERATION WITH UNSCOM

19981105

Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Security Council this afternoon condemned Iraq's decision of 31 October to cease cooperation with the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) as a flagrant violation of Council resolution 687 (1991) and other relevant resolutions.

5 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3498

STATES URGED TO EXERCISE UTMOST VIGILANCE AGAINST MENACE POSED BY MERCENARIES, UNDER TEXT APPROVED BY THIRD COMMITTEE

19981105 Committee Approves Four Other Texts, Continues Discussion of Human Rights Questions

5 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3497

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON DISPLACEMENT INTRODUCES REPORT TO THIRD COMMITTEE, WELCOMING ACCEPTANCE OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT

19981105 Reports also Introduced on Torture and Human Rights in Rwanda, Burundi and in Bosnia, Croatia and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

5 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3090

LEGAL COMMITTEE CONCLUDES REVIEW OF COMMISSION REPORT

19981105 Chairman Notes 'Positive Dialogue' on State Responsibility, Trans-boundary Damage, Other Areas of Evolving International Law

5 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3089

STATE RESPONSIBILITY CAN ONLY BE CIVIL, NOT CRIMINAL, IN CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, ASSEMBLY'S LEGAL COMMITTEE TOLD

19981105 As Debate Continues on Report of Law Commission, China Urges Distinction in Degree Between Various Wrongful Acts

5 November 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3129

MEASURES TO PREVENT VIOLENT DISINTEGRATION OF STATES CALLED FOR IN FIRST COMMITTEE TEXT

19981105 Fourteen Draft Resolutions Approved, Five by Recorded Vote; Transparency, Science and Technology, Outer Space among Issues Addressed

5 November 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3256/

IMBALANCE BETWEEN UN SYSTEM SERVICE CONDITIONS AND CONDITIONS OFFERED BY OTHER MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD BE RECTIFIED, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981105 CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/AB/3256 of 4 November, the last paragraph on page 1 should read:

5 November 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5805

5 November 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5804