Press Release

2 March 1998

Press Release
WOM/1031

SPEAKERS CALL FOR URGENT ACTION TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST GIRL CHILD AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, AS DEBATE IN WOMEN'S COMMISSION CONTINUES

19980302 Human Rights of Women, Women and Armed Conflict Also Discussed

2 March 1998

Press Release
WOM/1030

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN MUST PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON HOW TO ENSURE THAT WOMEN FULLY ENJOY THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS, VICE-CHAIRPERSON TELLS FORTY-SECOND SESSION

19980302 Commission Begins Consideration of 'Critical Areas of Concern' on Human Rights of Women, Girl Child, Violence against Women, Women in Armed Conflict

2 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6475
IK/244

2 March 1998

Press Release
SC/6483

ACTING UNDER CHAPTER VII, SECURITY COUNCIL ENDORSES MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SIGNED BY DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF IRAQ AND SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980302 Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1154 (1998), Stresses Any Violation of Its Obligations Would Have 'Severest Consequences' for Iraq

2 March 1998

Press Release
PAL/1854

CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE HEARS CALLS FOR RELAUNCHING OF PEACE PROCESS

19980302 Speakers Also Stress Need to Mobilize International Public Opinion to Ensure Respect for Rights of Palestinian People

(Reproduced as received; delayed in transmission.)

27 February 1998

Press Release
WOM/1029

27 February 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6474

UNITED NATIONS CANNOT ACHIEVE GOALS WITHOUT 'RICH TAPESTRY' OF PARTNERSHIP, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO LIONS CLUBS

19980227 Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the twentieth annual Lions Day with the United Nations, observed at Headquarters in New York on 27 February, delivered on his behalf by the Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations, Gillian Sorensen:

27 February 1998

Press Release
SC/6482

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN MARCH

19980227 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for March:

Security Council

Abdoulie Momodou Sallah (Gambia) succeeds Denis Dangue Rewaka (Gabon) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

27 February 1998

Press Release
POP/664

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT CONCLUDES THIRTY-FIRST SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS, 23-27 FEBRUARY

19980227 Acts on Texts on Health and Mortality, Population Census Activities, 1999 Review and Implementation of Cairo Conference Programme of Action

27 February 1998

Press Release
PI/1053