Press Release

16 October 1998

Press Release
PKO/78

16 October 1998

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OBV/67
SAG/12

16 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3476

THIRD COMMITTEE DRAFT CALLS FOR ESTABLISHING OF AD HOC COMMITTEE TO ELABORATE CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME

19981016 Debate on Advancement of Women, Implementation of 1995 Beijing Conference Continues

16 October 1998

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GA/L/3073

SIXTH COMMITTEE OPENS REVIEW OF REPORT OF CHARTER COMMITTEE DISCUSSING EFFECT OF SANCTIONS ON THIRD STATES

19981016

The issue of sanctions and other enforcement measures and their effects on third States dominated the start of discussions this afternoon in the Sixth Committee (Legal) on the report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization.

16 October 1998

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GA/EF/2827

16 October 1998

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GA/EF/2824/

SECOND COMMITTEE BEGINS REVIEW OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT, PANELLISTS DISCUSS UN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FRAMEWORK

19981016 CORRECTION

On the fifth and sixth paragraphs of page 8 of Press Release GA/EF/2824 of 14 October, substitute the following text:

16 October 1998

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GA/DIS/3113

'GLOBAL DEMILITARIZATION FUND' SHOULD AID CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL EFFORTS, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

19981016 Small Arms Trafficking Contributes to 'Culture of Violence' Says Belarus; Other Speakers Stress Global Action, Financial Assistance to Combat Arms Trade

16 October 1998

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GA/DIS/3112

'BARBARIC' USE OF LANDMINES, PROLIFERATION OF SMALL ARMS HIGHLIGHTED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DEBATE

19981016 Benin, Citing Risks to Children, Appeals for Ottawa Convention Adherence; Some Speakers Resist Total Mine Ban, Reserving Legitimate Use in Self-Defence

16 October 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3246

16 October 1998

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GA/9481

ASSEMBLY ELECTS THREE JUDGES TO SERVE IN NEW TRIAL CHAMBER OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

19981016 Mohammed Bennouna (Morocco), David Hunt (Australia) and Patrick Robinson (Jamaica) Elected in Four Rounds of Balloting