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GA/9456
YASSER ARAFAT URGES PRESSURE ON ISRAEL TO CARRY OUT EXISTING AGREEMENTS AS HE MAKES FIRST ADDRESS IN ASSEMBLY'S GENERAL DEBATE
19980928 Other Speakers Cite Refugee Problems, Dangers on Korean Peninsula, Ill Effects of Globalization
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GA/9454
CONDITIONS ACHIEVED FOR LIFTING ARMS EMBARGO IMPOSED ON LIBERIA, FOREIGN MINISTER OF LIBERIA SAYS
19980925The arms embargo imposed on Liberia by the Security Council in 1992 should be lifted, as the reason for its application no longer existed, Monie Captan, Foreign Minister of Liberia, told the General Assembly this afternoon.
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GA/9452/
NIGERIA TO RETURN TO DEMOCRATIC, CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT BY MAY 1999, HEAD OF STATE OF NIGERIA TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CORRECTION
19980925On page 14 of Press Release GA/9452 of 24 September, the statement in right of reply by the representative of Turkey should read as follows:
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GA/9453
TURKEY'S FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF UN RESOLUTIONS PREVENTS SOLUTION IN CYPRUS, PRESIDENT OF CYPRUS TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
19980925 Armenia's President says Negotiations with Azerbaijan at Impasse, Seven Foreign Ministers Address Assembly in continued General Debate
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GA/9451
ISRAELI PEOPLE WILLING TO MAKE PAINFUL COMPROMISES FOR PEACE, PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
19980924 As Assembly Continues General Debate, Prime Minister of Turkey Says Conflict Prevention in Potential Crisis Areas Should Be Given Greater Focus
Press Release
GA/9452
NIGERIA TO RETURN TO DEMOCRATIC, CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT BY MAY 1999, HEAD OF STATE OF NIGERIA TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
19980924 During Continuing General Debate, Prime Minister of Lebanon Asks UN to Address Israeli Arbitrary Jailing of 'Hundreds of Sons'"Our goal is to return our country to a democratically elected civilian government on 29 May 1999", Abdulsalam A. Abubakar, the Head of State of Nigeria, told the General Assembly this afternoon.
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GA/9446/
2001 SHOULD BE YEAR OF DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS, PRESIDENT OF IRAN TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CORRECTION
19980924In Press Release GA/9466 of 21 September, the first full paragraph on page 13 should read as follows: