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GA/9488
27 October 1998


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GA/9488


ASSEMBLY HEARS CALLS FOR INCREASED FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

19981027

While official development assistance (ODA) was important, the way forward for the development of Africa was not through aid, but through foreign direct investment and the acquisition of skills and technologies, the representative of Malaysia told the General Assembly this afternoon.

AFR/111
27 October 1998


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AFR/111
L/2901


RWANDA TRIBUNAL REGISTRAR SAYS DETAINEES HUNGER STRIKE UNWARRANTED

19981027

ARUSHA, 26 October (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) -- Following is a statement by the Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on the assignment of defence counsel to detainees at the United Nations detention facilities in Arusha.

SG/SM/6773
26 October 1998


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SG/SM/6773
AFR/110


SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARTIES TO CONFLICT IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO TO SHOW STATESMANSHIP NEEDED TO REACH COMPROMISE FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE

19981026 The following statement on the Lusaka meeting on the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SG/SM/6772
26 October 1998


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SG/SM/6772


MILLIONS OF AMERICANS SUPPORT UNITED NATIONS GOALS AND VALUES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO CANDLELIGHT VIGIL

19981026

Following is the text of a message to the Third Worldwide Candlelight Vigil, held to draw attention to the Organization's financial situation, delivered Friday, 23 October, by Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations Gillian Sorensen, on behalf of Secretary-General Kofi Annan: