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GA/9436

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 166-ITEM AGENDA FOR FIFTY-THIRD SESSION

15 September 1998


Press Release
GA/9436


GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 166-ITEM AGENDA FOR FIFTY-THIRD SESSION

19980915 New Items Include Bethlehem 2000 Project, World Solar Programme; Item Calling for Review of China's UN Representation Not Included

The General Assembly this afternoon adopted an agenda of 166 items for its fifty-third session.

SG/SM/6697

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR NEW UNITED NATIONS-NGO PARTNERSHIP AMIDST ONGOING HUMAN RIGHTS REVOLUTION

14 September 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6697
PI/1079


SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR NEW UNITED NATIONS-NGO PARTNERSHIP AMIDST ONGOING HUMAN RIGHTS REVOLUTION

19980914

Addressing Annual DPI-NGO Conference, Credits NGOs with Championing Human Rights

The following is the text of the statement given today by Secretary- General Kofi Annan to the annual DPI-NGO Conference which began at Headquarters:

SEA/1681

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF ADOPTS GUIDELINES; ADDRESSES RULES OF PROCEDURE, CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION

14 September 1998


Press Release
SEA/1681


COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF ADOPTS GUIDELINES; ADDRESSES RULES OF PROCEDURE, CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION

19980914

NEW YORK, 28 August (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) -- The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf provisionally adopted its Scientific and Technical Guidelines as it concluded its latest session on 4 September.

SC/6570/

SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY CORRECTION

14 September 1998


Press Release
SC/6570/


SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY CORRECTION

19980914

In Press Release SC/6570 of 9 September, the penultimate paragraph on page 2 should read as follows:

"The Council's report will be issued as document A/53/2."

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