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SC/6535

SECURITY COUNCIL URGES ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA TO ACHIEVE PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF BORDER DISPUTE

26 June 1998


Press Release
SC/6535


SECURITY COUNCIL URGES ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA TO ACHIEVE PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF BORDER DISPUTE

19980626

Expressing grave concern at the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea and its implication for the region, the Security Council this afternoon urged the two States to exhaust all means to achieve a peaceful settlement of their border dispute.

GA/9425

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES PEACEKEEPING FUNDS FOR 1998/1999, ACTS ALSO ON YEAR 2000 CONVERSION PROBLEM FOR COMPUTERS

26 June 1998


Press Release
GA/9425


GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES PEACEKEEPING FUNDS FOR 1998/1999, ACTS ALSO ON YEAR 2000 CONVERSION PROBLEM FOR COMPUTERS

19980626

The General Assembly decided to appropriate a total of $636.7 million gross ($611.7 million net) for peacekeeping operations for the period from 30 June 1998 to 1 July 1999, as it took action this morning on draft decisions and resolutions recommended by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary).

WOM/1057

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF SOUTH AFRICA'S INITIAL REPORT

24 June 1998


Press Release
WOM/1057


WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF SOUTH AFRICA'S INITIAL REPORT

19980624

Despite the legacy of discrimination and underdevelopment of the apartheid regime, South Africa had made significant achievements in promoting the equality of women, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was told this morning, as that country presented its first-ever report.