The Asian financial crisis and its global reverberations had dominated the work of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the last year and led to record lending, David Cheney, Chief of the Fund's Editorial Division, this morning told a Headquarters press briefing, as he introduced the IMF's Annual Report 1998.
The most important of Nigeria's objectives was the design and implementation of a transparent and all-inclusive return to civil rule, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, Head of State of Nigeria, said at a Headquarters press conference today.
President Glafcos Clerides of Cyprus this afternoon reiterated his Government's support for a single sovereign State of Cyprus, with a single international personality and citizenship.
Albania supported separatism and terrorism by aiding ethnic Albanians fighting in Kosovo, said Ambassador Vladislav Jovanovic, Chargé d'affaires of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, at a press conference held today at Headquarters.
Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's focus on peace development during his address to the General Assembly on Monday was prompted by an emerging "twin" threat to world security, Mikie Kiyoi, spokeswoman for Japan's Foreign Ministry, told a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.
The Foreign Minister of Austria, Wolfgang Schussel, speaking in his capacity as President of the European Union (EU), said at a Headquarters press conference today that a unified diplomatic effort between the EU, the United States and Russia led to the adoption of yesterday's Security Council resolution (S/1998/1199) on bringing stability to Kosovo.
At a Headquarters press conference this morning, the Foreign Minister of Italy, Lamberto Dini, called for a fundamental review of financial institutions and the international financial architecture that governed the development of the global market.
