Press Release

17 March 1998

Press Release
SAG/3
UNEP/24

95 COUNTRIES AGREE ON NEW INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON DANGEROUS CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES

19980317 (Reissued as received)

17 March 1998

Press Release
GA/9400

EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION OF ASSEMBLY CONDEMNS ISRAELI FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH PREVIOUS DEMANDS TO CEASE SETTLEMENT ACTIVITIES

19980317 Again Recommends Meeting of Parties to Geneva Convention, To Enforce Its Application in Occupied Palestinian Territory

17 March 1998

Press Release
GA/9399

EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION CONSIDERS MECHANISM TO ENSURE ISRAEL'S COMPLIANCE WITH GENEVA CONVENTION ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN WAR TIME

19980317 Draft Resolution Would Again Call For Meeting of Convention's High Contracting Parties

17 March 1998

Press Release
DCF/329

16 March 1998

Press Release
WOM/1050

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN URGES STATES TO ACCORD FULL AND EQUAL RIGHTS TO WOMEN TO OWN LAND AND OTHER PROPERTY

19980316 Approves 11 Other Texts, Including Draft Conclusions on Major Areas of Concern of 1995 World Women's Conference; Concludes Session

16 March 1998

Press Release
SOC/NAR/778

UNITED NATIONS ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMME LARGEST LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PROJECT IN LATIN AMERICA

19980316 (Reissued as received.)

16 March 1998

Press Release
SOC/NAR/777

16 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6487/Rev.1*
HR/4355/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PREVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS MUST MARK TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

19980316 Addressing Opening of Human Rights Commission's Session, Stresses Need to Uphold Universal Declaration on Human Rights

Following is the text of the statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening of the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva:

16 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6487
HR/4355

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PREVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS MUST MARK TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

19980316 Addressing Opening of Human Rights Commission's Session, Stresses Need to Uphold Universal Declaration on Human Rights

Following is the text of the statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening of the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva:

16 March 1998

Press Release
SG/A/676
BIO/3150

TOSHIYUKI NIWA OF JAPAN APPOINTED ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR CENTRAL SUPPORT SERVICES

19980316 Biographical Note Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: