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14 October 1998

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GA/9479

ASSEMBLY URGES STATES TO REPEAL OR INVALIDATE LAWS WITH EXTRATERRITORIAL EFFECT ON SOVEREIGNTY, FREE TRADE, NAVIGATION OF OTHER STATES

19981014 Adopts Resolution on Need to End United States Embargo on Cuba, Voting 157 in Favour, 2 Against (Israel, United States), with 12 Abstentions

14 October 1998

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DSG/SM/22

SOLUTION TO REFUGEE FLOWS LIES IN ATTACKING CAUSES -- OPPRESSION, CONFLICT, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN OTTAWA ADDRESS

19981014 Following is the text of an address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the International Association of Refugee Law Judges in Ottawa, Canada, on 14 October:

13 October 1998

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SG/SM/6747

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO UNITED NATIONS FIRST MEDIATOR

19981013 Kofi Annan Gives Toast at Luncheon In Honour of King of Sweden and in Memory of Count Bernadotte

Following is the text of a toast given by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a luncheon in honour of the King of Sweden and in memory of Count Folke Bernadotte, in New York on 13 October:

13 October 1998

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SG/SM/6746

SECRETARY-GENERAL, UNVEILING MEMORIAL TO COUNT FOLKE BERNADOTTE, SAYS HIS EXAMPLE 'TAUGHT US WHAT A PEACEMAKER IS'

19981013

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement at the unveiling of the memorial to Count Folke Bernadotte, in New York today:

13 October 1998

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SG/SM/6745

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES NEWS OF BREAKTHROUGH IN EFFORTS TO END KOSOVO CRISIS

19981013 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

13 October 1998

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SG/SM/6744

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCERNED BY RISING TENSIONS IN EAST TIMOR, CALLS FOR CESSATION OF ALL MILITARY ACTIVITY

19981013 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

13 October 1998

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SG/SM/6743
AFR/104

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO ALL PARTIES IN LESOTHO TO REACH AGREEMENT ON OUTSTANDING ISSUES

19981013 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has been following closely the discussions involving the Government and Lesotho's political parties, held under the auspices of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

13 October 1998

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SG/SM/6742

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH EGYPT, LEBANON, MOROCCO, SYRIA AND ARAB LEAGUE TO DISCUSS EFFORTS TO DEFUSE TENSION BETWEEN TURKEY AND SYRIA

19981013

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

13 October 1998

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SEA/1610*

SEABED AUTHORITY TO USE 1998 UN SCALE IN ASSESSING STATES' CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 1999

19981013 Authority's Assembly Acts by Vote After Rejecting Russian Proposal to Utilize 1999 Scale

13 October 1998

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PKO/77