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21 October 1998

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GA/L/3078

STEPS TO FULL-FUNCTIONING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT DISCUSSED AS SIX COMMITTEE CONSIDERS ROME STATUTE ADOPTED IN JULY

19981021 Speakers Urge Early Start to Work of Preparatory Commission Charged By Statue to Draft Rules of Procedure, Evidence and Elements of Crimes

21 October 1998

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GA/L/3077

UNITED STATES WILL NOT SIGN STATUTE ESTABLISHING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IN ITS PRESENT FORM, SIXTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981021 As Legal Committee Discusses Rome Conference, China's Representative Adds that Court Statute Riddled with Deficiencies

21 October 1998

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GA/EF/2832

SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AFFECT NEARLY ALL COUNTRIES NEPAL TELLS ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE

19981021 Says Goal of Environmentally Sustainable Global Economy Unmet; Committee Continues Discussion of Environment, Sustainable Development

21 October 1998

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GA/EF/2831

CONSEQUENCES OF EL NIÑO PHENOMENON HIGHLIGHTED IN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE

19981021 Speakers Address Disaster Prevention Strategies, As Committee Takes Up Environment, Sustainable Development

21 October 1998

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GA/DIS/3117

INCREASED TRANSPARENCY IN CONVENTIONAL ARMS STRESSED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

19981021 Speakers Cite Weaknesses in UN Register As Committee Concludes General Disarmament Debate

21 October 1998

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GA/AB/3248

21 October 1998

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GA/9483

COUNCIL STILL FALLS SHORT OF ASSEMBLY IDEA OF OBJECTIVE DISCLOSURE OF WORK, INDIA TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY REVIEW OF ANNUAL SECURITY COUNCIL REPORT

19981021 Timely and Comprehensive Information on Council Activities Imperative For Member States which Deserve Better Access than Media, Says Australia

21 October 1998

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GA/9482

IMPROVED SECURITY COUNCIL TRANSPARENCY WELCOMED, BUT MORE REFORM URGED AS ASSEMBLY OPENS CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF COUNCIL'S ACTIVITIES

19981021 Germany Calls for More Efficient Preparation of Annual Report, Brazil Urges Final Agreement on Shape of Expanded and Modernized Council

20 October 1998

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SG/SM/6761
AFR/107

SECRETARY-GENERAL BRINGS 'MESSAGE OF HOPE' IN ADDRESS TO TOKYO CONFERENCE ON AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

19981020

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Second Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD II), delivered in Tokyo, on 21 October:

20 October 1998

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SG/SM/6760
OBV/71

GREATEST CHALLENGE POSED BY GLOBALIZATION IS THAT OF GOOD GOVERNANCE IN BROADEST SENSE, SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES ON OCCASION OF UN DAY

19981020 Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of United Nations Day, 24 October: