Press Release

8 September 1998

Press Release
DC/2612

8 September 1998

Press Release
BIO/3176

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BELGIUM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

19980908 Biographical Note

Andre Adam, the new Permanent Representative of Belgium, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

8 September 1998

Press Release

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS PREMIERE SCREENING OF DOCUMENTARY FILM, 'DYING TO TELL THE STORY',

19980908 TO BE HELD AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

8 September 1998

Press Release

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO OPEN FIFTY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION TOMORROW, 9 SEPTEMBER, WITH RINGING OF PEACE BELL

19980908

Death of Dag Hammarskjold to Be Commemorated by Wreath Laying 18 September

4 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6692
OBV/56

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO LEADERS OF NATIONS IN WAR TO SET ASIDE THEIR OWN AMBITIONS

19980904 Resist Temptation To Seek Glory Through Conquest, He Says in International Peace Day Message

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of International Peace Day, 9 September:

4 September 1998

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SG/SM/6691
OBV/55

INVESTMENT IN LITERACY AND EDUCATION CAN YIELD BEST OF ALL RETURNS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

19980904 Despite Recent Gains, Twin Goals of Universal Literacy and Equal Access to Education Remain Unmet

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of International Literacy Day, 8 September:

4 September 1998

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SG/SM/6690

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARLIAMENTARIANS TO DO MORE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUSTAINABLE WATER CONSUMPTION

19980904 ADVANCE TEXT

The following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the one-hundredth Inter-Parliamentary Conference meeting in Moscow from 7 to 11 September, to be delivered on his behalf by Vladimir Petrovsky, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (embargoed until 8.30 a.m. GMT, 7 September):

4 September 1998

Press Release
IAEA/1323

IAEA TO PARTICIPATE IN ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNET DATABASE ON BEST PRACTICES IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE

19980904 Researchers, Doctors of Developing Countries Will Benefit Most from New Access to Systematic Scientific Reviews

4 September 1998

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AFR/95
L/2898

RWANDA TRIBUNAL HANDS DOWN LIFE SENTENCE FOR CRIMES OF GENOCIDE COMMITTED BY FORMER RWANDAN PRIME MINISTER

19980904 Despite Defence Plea for Reduced Sentence, Tribunal Decides Gravity of Heinous Crimes Necessitates Life Term

3 September 1998

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UNEP/34

UNEP TO COORDINATE PROJECT ON FINANCING ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

19980903 Norway Sponsoring Three-year Project in Guatemala, Nicaragua, United Republic of Tanzania, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe