Plenary

15 October 1998

Press Release
GA/9480

ASSEMBLY GRANTS OBSERVER STATUS TO ASSOCIATION OF CARIBBEAN STATES AND ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT

19981015 Begins Consideration of World Solar Programme 1996-2005, Encourages Use of Renewable Energy Sources, Supports Sustainable Development

14 October 1998

Press Release
GA/9479

ASSEMBLY URGES STATES TO REPEAL OR INVALIDATE LAWS WITH EXTRATERRITORIAL EFFECT ON SOVEREIGNTY, FREE TRADE, NAVIGATION OF OTHER STATES

19981014 Adopts Resolution on Need to End United States Embargo on Cuba, Voting 157 in Favour, 2 Against (Israel, United States), with 12 Abstentions

12 October 1998

Press Release
GA/9478

CLOSING DISCUSSION OF CAUSES OF CONFLICTS, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA, ASSEMBLY HEARS CALLS FOR ADDRESS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF CONTINENT

19981012 Accepts Proposal for Use of Funds Saved through UNCTAD Cost Cutting, Authorizes Committee on Information to Meet in New York During Current Session

9 October 1998

Press Release
GA/9475

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON DURABLE PEACE IN AFRICA, IMMEDIATE AND DRAMATIC ACTION NEEDED TO EASE AFRICA'S DEBT BURDEN

19981009 Africa's Initiatives to Solve Continent's Problems Must Be Supported by International Resources, Burkina Faso Says

9 October 1998

Press Release
GA/9477

GLOBAL PEACE, PROSPERITY NOT ASSURED WITHOUT THEIR ACHIEVEMENT IN AFRICA SAYS JAPAN, AS ASSEMBLY DISCUSSES WAYS TO SUSTAIN PEACE ON CONTINENT

19981009 Brazil Says Universal Membership and Moral Authority of Assembly Made it Appropriate Organ to Address Root Causes of African Conflict

8 October 1998

Press Release
GA/9474

7 October 1998

Press Release
GA/9471

7 October 1998

Press Release
GA/9472

6 October 1998

Press Release
GA/9467

GENERAL ASSEMBLY HONOURS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WHO SERVED CAUSE OF PEACE, ADOPTING DECLARATION ON FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UN PEACEKEEPING

19981006 Addressing Special Commemorative Meeting, President of Botswana Says Framers of Charter Entrenched Imperfections Limiting Peacekeeping Ability

6 October 1998

Press Release
GA/9470

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL TURBULENCE MIGHT RESULT IN SOCIAL CRISIS, CHILE TELLS ASSEMBLY REVIEW OF 1995 SOCIAL SUMMIT FOLLOW-UP

19981006 Enthusiasm Expressed at World Social Summit in Copenhagen Led Only to Superficial Improvements in Human Condition, Indonesia Says