Press Release

6 October 1998

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SG/SM/6732
PKO/74

FIFTY YEARS OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING HAS HELPED PAVE ROAD TO PEACE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE MEETING OF ASSEMBLY

19981006 While Not Answering Every Conflict during Half-Century History, United Nations Peacekeepers Have Saved Tens of Thousands of Lives

6 October 1998

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SAG/9

6 October 1998

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GA/SM/66
PKO/76

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED AS EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR MAINTAINING PEACE

19981006 Didier Opertti (Uruguay) Stresses Contribution of Peacekeeping Operations to Respect for Human Rights, in Assembly Commemorative Meeting

6 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3465

THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES

19981006 Participation and Inclusion of Elderly and Youth Required To Create Equitable Society for All, Speakers Stress

6 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2816

TRUE PARTNERSHIP NEEDED TO ADDRESS POVERTY, SOCIAL INEQUALITY, JAPAN TELLS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

19981006 Committee Continues General Debate on World Economic Situation, Addressing Issues of Market Access, Declining Development Assistance

6 October 1998

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GA/EF/2815

SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS DIFFERING VIEWS ON NEED FOR NEW `ARCHITECTURE' FOR GLOBAL FINANCIAL QUESTIONS

19981006 Globalization and Current Financial Crisis Main Topics at Opening of Second Committee General Debate

6 October 1998

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GA/AB/3241

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MANAGEMENT TELLS FIFTH COMMITTEE UNITED NATIONS' FINANCIAL LIQUIDITY DRYING UP

19981006 Committee Takes Up Organization's Financial Situation, Acts on Scale of Assessments, Continues Discussion of Development Account

6 October 1998

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GA/9470

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL TURBULENCE MIGHT RESULT IN SOCIAL CRISIS, CHILE TELLS ASSEMBLY REVIEW OF 1995 SOCIAL SUMMIT FOLLOW-UP

19981006 Enthusiasm Expressed at World Social Summit in Copenhagen Led Only to Superficial Improvements in Human Condition, Indonesia Says

6 October 1998

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GA/9467

GENERAL ASSEMBLY HONOURS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WHO SERVED CAUSE OF PEACE, ADOPTING DECLARATION ON FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UN PEACEKEEPING

19981006 Addressing Special Commemorative Meeting, President of Botswana Says Framers of Charter Entrenched Imperfections Limiting Peacekeeping Ability

6 October 1998

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DSG/SM/20
HR/4382

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES UNITED NATIONS DUTY TO TRANSLATE INTO PRACTICE ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS

19981006 Louise Fréchette Tells United States Congress Human Rights Caucus

Following is the text of the statement by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at a reception given by the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, in Washington, D.C. today: