Press Release

16 December 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3206

16 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9384

AFGHANISTAN DELEGATE CALLS FOR UNITED NATIONS MEASURES AGAINST CRIMES OF AGGRESSION AND RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN HIS COUNTRY

19971216 Pakistan Tells General Assembly World Body Has Become Marginal; Others Plead for Reconciliation among Contending Parties

16 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9383

GENERAL ASSEMBLY STRONGLY CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON HUMANITARIAN WORKERS, URGES HELP OF GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE PROTECTION

19971216 Eighteen Texts Adopted, Assistance Sought for Many Countries; Cooperation Between United Nations and Civil Society to be Encouraged

16 December 1997

Press Release
ECOSOC/5743

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL RESUMES SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

19971216

At its resumed substantive session this afternoon, the Economic and Social Council elected members to a number of subsidiary bodies, confirmed representatives of three functional commissions and adopted a draft decision on the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests.

16 December 1997

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DEV/2179

15 December 1997

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SG/SM/6424

GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MEET

19971215 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

15 December 1997

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SG/SM/6423
AFR/34

ECOWAS SUMMIT DEMONSTRATES WEST AFRICAN STATES' DETERMINATION TO ADDRESS SUBREGION'S CHALLENGES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE

19971215 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message, to be delivered by his Special Envoy to Sierra Leone, Francis Okelo, at the extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to be held in Lome, from 16 to 17 December:

15 December 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3205

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROPRIATING $125.6 MILLION FOR TRIBUNALS FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AND RWANDA FOR 1998

19971215 $28.2 Million Required if Assembly Adopts Draft Text Concerning Verification Mission in Guatemala

15 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9382

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WITH NO DISSENT, ADOPTS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR SUPPRESSION OF TERRORIST BOMBINGS

19971215 Comprehensive Text Deals with State Obligations, Need For Preventive Cooperation, Questions of Detention, Extradition, Prosecution

15 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9381

ASSEMBLY INSISTS ON SURRENDER OF ALL INDICTEES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

19971215 Acting Without Vote, Also Reaffirms Right of Refugees, Displaced Persons To Return Voluntarily to Homes of Origin