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GA/9429

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CONTINUES OFFICIAL VISIT TO LEBANON

12 August 1998


Press Release
GA/9429


ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CONTINUES OFFICIAL VISIT TO LEBANON

19980812 (Delayed in transmission.)

BEIRUT, 4 August -- The President of the General Assembly, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine), who is now visiting Lebanon on official invitation of the Lebanese Government, held on Tuesday, a series of meetings with the country's leadership.

DCF/345

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DECIDES TO ESTABLISH AD HOC COMMITTEE TO NEGOTIATE A FISSILE MATERIAL CUT-OFF TREATY

12 August 1998


Press Release
DCF/345


CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DECIDES TO ESTABLISH AD HOC COMMITTEE TO NEGOTIATE A FISSILE MATERIAL CUT-OFF TREATY

19980812 (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 11 August (UN Information Service) -- After intensive consultations, the Conference on Disarmament this afternoon decided to establish an Ad Hoc Committee to negotiate a fissile material cut-off treaty based on the "Shannon report".

SG/SM/6671

SECRETARY-GENERAL, STRESSING COMMITMENT TO PROTECT OCEANS, SAYS MISSION OF PREVENTING DAMAGE 'TO OUR ONE AND ONLY EARTH' MUST BE PRIORITY

11 August 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6671


SECRETARY-GENERAL, STRESSING COMMITMENT TO PROTECT OCEANS, SAYS MISSION OF PREVENTING DAMAGE 'TO OUR ONE AND ONLY EARTH' MUST BE PRIORITY

19980811 In Statement in Lisbon to Independent Commission on Oceans, Kofi Annan Praises Portugal's Efforts to Highlight Issue of Oceans Worldwide

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement to the Independent Commission on the Oceans, in Lisbon, today: