Press Release

4 May 1998

Press Release
DSG/T/2

1 May 1998

Press Release
SEA/1586

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS, 4 - 15 MAY

19980501 Background Release

NEW YORK, 1 May (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) -- The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will examine the technical guidelines for submissions by States claiming jurisdiction over wide continental shelves when it meets at Headquarters from 4 to 15 May.

1 May 1998

Press Release
PI/1060

1 May 1998

Press Release
HR/4359

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE TO HOLD TWENTIETH SESSION AT GENEVA, 4 - 22 MAY

19980501 Background Release Panel Scheduled to Consider Reports by France, Norway, Guatemala, New Zealand, Germany, Peru, Panama, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, Israel

(Reissued as received.)

1 May 1998

Press Release
ENV/DEV/479

COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONCLUDES SESSION, APPROVING TEXTS ON RANGE OF ISSUES

19980501 Addresses Question of Freshwater Management, Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies

1 May 1998

Press Release
ENV/DEV/478

COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT HEARS CALLS FOR TRANSFER OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGIES

19980501 Concludes High-Level Segment

The transfer of environmentally sound technologies from developed to developing countries should be accompanied by transfer of the capacity to maintain them, the Minister for Environmental Affairs and Tourism of South Africa told the Commission this morning.

30 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6544
REC/27

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS WOMEN'S WISDOM, ENERGIES, CREATIVITY MUST BE HARNESSED TO BUILD NEW AFRICA

19980430 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement delivered today at the Conference on African Women and Economic Development, in Addis Ababa:

Thank you, Mr. Executive Secretary, for those kind words of welcome.

30 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6543
OBV/43

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, CALLS FOR RECOMMITMENT TO PRINCIPLES OF INDEPENDENT PRESS

19980430 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, 3 May:

Every year, World Press Freedom Day provides us with an opportunity to reflect on the principles of a free and independent press, to which all societies should aspire.

30 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6542

AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CEASEFIRE IN BOUGAINVILLE SIGNED TODAY

19980430 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

30 April 1998

Press Release
SC/6511

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN MAY

19980430 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for May:

Security Council

Njuguna M. Mahugu (Kenya) succeeds Hisashi Owada (Japan) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee