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2 October 1998

Press Release
POP/681

2 October 1998

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GA/SM/65

GENERAL DEBATE PROVIDED UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE OF MEMBER STATES' VIEW OF WORLD IN FINAL YEARS OF TWENTIETH CENTURY, SAYS ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

19981002 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Addressing Closing Meeting of Two-Week General Debate

Following is the text of the statement, translated from Spanish, by the President of the General Assembly, Didier Opertti (Uruguay), at the closing of the general debate of the fifty-third session this afternoon:

2 October 1998

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GA/9464

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES TWO-WEEK GENERAL DEBATE, WITH FOCUS ON GLOBALIZATION, FINANCIAL CRISIS

19981002 `Unique Opportunity' to View World Problems Says Assembly President, Guinea-Bissau, Rwanda, Haiti, Angola, Georgia, Uzbekistan Address Assembly

2 October 1998

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GA/9463

2 October 1998

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DSG/SM/19

INDIVIDUALS EVERYWHERE HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FORUM OF PARLIAMENTARIANS

19981002 Louise Fréchette Says ICC Has Become New Super-Power, 'Peoples Determined to Promote Better Standards of Life in Larger Freedom'

2 October 1998

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BIO/3200

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MADAGASCAR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

19981002 Biographical Note

The new Permanent Representative of Madagascar, Jean Delacroix Bakoniarivo, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

1 October 1998

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WOM/1075

1 October 1998

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SG/SM/6729

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES ROLE OF OIC IN ENSURING THAT `HATREDS OF THE PAST' DO NOT DARKEN `HEARTS OF THE FUTURE', IN ADDRESS TO COORDINATION MEETING

19981001 International Community's Response to Today's Grave Challenges Must Be One of Unity, of Will and of Purpose, Kofi Annan States

1 October 1998

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SG/SM/6728
SOC/4475

A 'SOCIETY FOR ALL AGES' HONOURS TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP ROLE OF ELDERS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS, OPENING INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF OLDER PERSONS

19981001 As Life Becomes More a Marathon than a Short Sprint, Longevity Allows Time for Reflecting on Life's Meaning

The following is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan made at the ceremony today launching the International Year of Older Persons (1999):

1 October 1998

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SC/6584

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN OCTOBER

19981001 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for October:

Security Council

Sir Jeremy Greenstock succeeds Hans Dahlgren (Sweden) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee