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25 September 1997

Press Release
SC/6420

SECURITY COUNCIL REQUESTS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO SUBMIT CONCRETE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WAYS TO ADDRESS AND PREVENT CONFLICTS IN AFRICA

19970925 Presidential Statement of Ministerial Meeting Says Challenges In Africa Demand Comprehensive Response Addressing Peace, Economic Growth

25 September 1997

Press Release
GA/9311

UNITED NATIONS REFORM MUST TAKE DUE ACCOUNT OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES' CONCERNS, PRIME MINISTER OF MOROCCO TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19970925 Statements also Made by Presidents of Colombia, Ecuador; Vice-Chancellor of Austria; Foreign Ministers of Guyana, Canada and Ireland

25 September 1997

Press Release
GA/9310

ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS REFORMED SECURITY COUNCIL SHOULD NOT FURTHER DIVIDE COUNTRIES INTO CATEGORIES

19970925 General Assembly also Hears Statements by Foreign Ministers Of Jamaica, Slovak Republic, Peru, Croatia, Romania and United Arab Emirates

25 September 1997

Press Release
ENV/DEV/447

CONFERENCE OF PARTIES TO DESERTIFICATION CONVENTION TO MEET AT ROME, 29 SEPTEMBER - 10 OCTOBER

19970925

ROME, 24 September (Interim Secretariat, Convention to Combat Desertification) -- Around 1,000 participants, including heads of State, ministers, mayors, diplomats and community leaders, will meet in Rome from 29 September to 10 October to start putting the Convention to Combat Desertification into action.

25 September 1997

Press Release

25 September 1997

Press Release

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS PRIME MINISTER OF MALTA TO VISIT HEADQUARTERS ON 26 SEPTEMBER

19970925 (Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Prime Minister Alfred Sant of Malta will visit Headquarters on Friday, 26 September, to address the General Assembly and confer with Secretary- General Kofi Annan.

24 September 1997

Press Release
GA/SM/4

AMBASSADORS OF BRAZIL AND NORWAY TO ACT AS ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT'S "FRIENDS" ON SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REFORM PACKAGE

19970924 The following statement is attributable to the spokesman for the President of the General Assembly:

24 September 1997

Press Release
GA/9309

PRESIDENT OF SLOVENIA URGES PROMPT ACTION BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON REFORM PROPOSALS, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

19970924 Prime Minister of Cape Verde, Foreign Ministers of Lithuania, Venezuela, Argentina, Ghana, Sweden, Dominican Republic, Angola also Speak

24 September 1997

Press Release
GA/9308

UNITED NATIONS REFORM MUST REINFORCE CENTRAL PLACE OF DEVELOPMENT, PRESIDENT OF ZIMBABWE TELLS ASSEMBLY, SPEAKING FOR OAU

19970924 Addresses Also Made by President of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Prime Minister of India; Foreign Ministers of Germany, China, France, Mexico

24 September 1997

Press Release

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS NEW UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE INTERVIEWED BY BROADCASTERS FROM FOUR REGIONS IN LIVE DPI RADIO PROGRAMME

19970924

The new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, will be the featured guest of a live international radio broadcast organized by United Nations Radio in collaboration with 10 regional and international networks from four continents.