Press Release

17 September 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/132

17 September 1998

Press Release
GA/SM/61

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STRESSES TIMELINESS OF HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION

19980917 Didier Opertti (Uruguay) Says There Is Need to Articulate New Institutional Mechanisms for World Economy

17 September 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3105

DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME

19980917

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), in an organizational meeting this afternoon, approved its programme of work for the current session and elected three Vice-Chairmen to its Bureau.

17 September 1998

Press Release
GA/9438

HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE ON IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION CONTINUES IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19980917 Developing Countries Stress Heavy Cost of Global Economic Integration, Recommend 'Safety Net' Measures for Countries with Economic Difficulties

17 September 1998

Press Release
GA/9437

NEED FOR MECHANISM TO MITIGATE UNPREDICTABILITY OF GLOBALIZATION STRESSED BY SPEAKERS, AS ASSEMBLY HIGH-LEVEL MEETING BEGINS

19980917 Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette Says Stabilizing Financial Markets, Providing Protection for Most Vulnerable Are Urgent Tasks

17 September 1998

Press Release
DSG/SM/14
GA/9439

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST TACKLE WIDENING GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR BOTH WITHIN AND BETWEEN NATIONS, SAYS LOUISE FRÉCHETTE

19980917 Deputy Secretary-General Tells Assembly High-Level Dialogue This Is Perhaps Most Important Challenge as New Millennium Approaches

17 September 1998

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AFG/84
IHA/664

16 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6702

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS RESTORING GLOBAL CULTURE OF KNOWLEDGE MUST BE UNITED NATIONS PRIORITY IN NEXT CENTURY

19980916 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Delivering First Eqbal Ahmad Lecture at Hampshire College, Kofi Annan Calls Attention to Crisis of Knowledge in Third World

Following is the text of the First Annual Eqbal Ahmad Lecture, which was delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at Hampshire College, in Massachusetts, today:

16 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6701
OBV/57

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CITIZENS TO BUY ONLY OZONE-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS

19980916

Following is the text of the address given by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, 16 September 1998:

16 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6700/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS BASIC AFFINITY AMONG PEOPLES SHOULD PREVAIL OVER FORCES 'THAT WOULD TEAR US APART FOR NARROW GAINS'

19980916 Addressing Interfaith Celebration of Commitment to UN Work, Kofi Annan Notes General Assembly Resolutions Could Be Seen as 'a Form of Prayer'