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GA/9452
24 September 1998


Press Release
GA/9452


NIGERIA TO RETURN TO DEMOCRATIC, CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT BY MAY 1999, HEAD OF STATE OF NIGERIA TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19980924 During Continuing General Debate, Prime Minister of Lebanon Asks UN to Address Israeli Arbitrary Jailing of 'Hundreds of Sons'

"Our goal is to return our country to a democratically elected civilian government on 29 May 1999", Abdulsalam A. Abubakar, the Head of State of Nigeria, told the General Assembly this afternoon.

SG/SM/6715
23 September 1998


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SG/SM/6715


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PAKISTAN'S INTENTION TO SIGN CTBT

19980923 Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the announcement of Pakistan's signature of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) and the second anniversary of the Treaty, to be observed tomorrow, 24 September: