Press Release

4 November 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3128

DRAFT RESOLUTION ON NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

19981104 Texts Also Approved on Nuclear Disarmament, Ottawa Convention, Objective Information on Military Matters

4 November 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3256

4 November 1998

Press Release
GA/9497

ASSEMBLY PROCLAIMS 2001 UNITED NATIONS YEAR OF DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS, EXPRESSING DETERMINATION TO FACILITATE INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSION

19981104 Instead of Accepting 'Clash of Civilizations" International Community Should Create Bounteous Crossroad, Malaysia Says

4 November 1998

Press Release
DEV/2192*
GA/9496

3 November 1998

Press Release
SOC/NAR/787

MEETING ON DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION POLICY IN EUROPE TO BE HELD AT VIENNA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE, 5-6 NOVEMBER

19981103 (Reissued as received.)

3 November 1998

Press Release
SOC/CP/206

UN TO HOST ASIA-PACIFIC MEETING ON CRIME IN BANGKOK

19981103

VIENNA, 2 November (UN Information Service) -- Experts and top government officials from about 23 Asian and Pacific countries are gathering in Bangkok from 2 to 4 November to discuss how crime can be better controlled and prevented at the national and transnational levels.

3 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6783
SAG/18

SECRETARY-GENERAL, OPENING DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES PLEDGING CONFERENCES, SAYS GAP BETWEEN 'WHAT WE ARE ASKED TO DO AND ARE ABLE TO DO IS WIDENING'

19981103 Kofi Annan Stresses Far-Reaching Reforms Are Leading to Improved Efficiency and Effectiveness of UN Operational Activities for Development

3 November 1998

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SG/SM/6782

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASSESSES STEPS TO MEET GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, NOTING COMMITMENTS BY INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

19981103 Museum Speech in New York Reviews Problems on United Nations Agenda; Conflict Situations, Drugs, Terrorism, Environment, Toll of AIDS Are Cited

3 November 1998

Press Release
HR/4387

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE TO HOLD TWENTY-FIRST SESSION AT GENEVA FROM 9 TO 20 NOVEMBER

19981103 Background Release Panel Scheduled To Consider Reports from Federal Republic Of Yugoslavia, Iceland, Croatia, United Kingdom, Hungary and Tunisia

(Reissued as received.)

3 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/145

NO PARTICULAR REGION SHOULD BE GIVEN A PRE-EMINENT POSITION IN PEACEKEEPING, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981103

No particular region should be given a pre-eminent position in peacekeeping, nor should any have its own brigade designated as a United Nations Brigade to the exclusion of others, the representative of Pakistan said this afternoon as the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) continued its review of peacekeeping operations.