Press Release

9 December 1998

Press Release
DSG/SM/41
HQ/590

IN MESSAGE AT UNVEILING OF "AMANECIENDO VERTICALMENTE" -- GIFT FROM URUGUAY -- DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS SOUL OF UN CHARTER REMAINS INTACT

19981209 Cites World Peoples' Determination to Reaffirm Faith in Human Rights

9 December 1998

Press Release
SG/A/688
DC/2622

9 December 1998

Press Release
SG/T/2162

AFTER UNSCHEDULED VISIT TO LIBYA, SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES MEETING OF GULF CO-OPERATION COUNCIL IN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

19981209 In-Flight Call to United States Secretary of State Albright Reports Progress in Talks on Suspects in Lockerbie Bombing Case

(Received from a spokesman travelling with the Secretary-General.)

8 December 1998

Press Release
GA/9530

NEGOTIATIONS WILL BEGIN ON CONVENTION TO SUPPRESS FINANCING OF TERRORISM, GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECIDES, AS IT ACTS ON REPORTS OF SIXTH COMMITTEE

19981208 Adopts, Without Votes, 13 Resolutions and 1 Decision, Including Means to Finalize Preparations for International Criminal Court

8 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6823

FACED WITH PROFOUND GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS UN CAN BE WORLD'S 'CONSCIENCE', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

19981208 Following is the text of the address delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the French National Assembly in Paris on 8 December:

8 December 1998

Press Release
DSG/SM/40

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CLAIMS UNITED NATIONS REFORM ALREADY SHOWS QUANTIFIABLE RESULTS: STAFF DOWN 25 PER CENT IN DECADE

19981208 Renewal Process Not Just Cost-Cutting, London Audience Told; New Ways to Address Growing Range of Responsibilities Equally Important

This is the text of an address today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development in London:

8 December 1998

Press Release
SC/6608

SECURITY COUNCIL, CONCERNED BY DETERIORATING SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN, SUPPORTS ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIT TO DETER HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

19981208 Resolution 1214(1998), Adopted Unanimously, Also Demands That Taliban Stop Providing Sanctuary for Terrorists

8 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6826

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS PETITION WITH TEN MILLION SIGNATURES SUPPORTING UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

19981208 Tells Anniversary Event in Paris, 'Tidal Wave' Response Shows Strength Of Partnership Between United Nations, Civil Society and Private Sector

8 December 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3278

UNITED NATIONS PENSION FUND WOULD MAKE PAYMENTS TO DIVORCED SURVIVING SPOUSES, BY TEXT APPROVED IN FIFTH COMMITTEE

19981208 Committee Also Discusses 1998-1999 Budget, Proposed 2000-2001 Budget Outline

The United Nations Pension Fund would make payments to divorced surviving spouses, according to the terms of a nine-part draft resolution approved without a vote this morning by the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary).

8 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6824

SECRETARY-GENERAL, SHOCKED BY REPORTS OF HOSTAGE DECAPITATIONS IN CHECHNYA, CONTINUES EFFORTS TO OBTAIN RELEASE OF VINCENT COCHETEL

19981208 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was shocked to hear news reports that four foreign hostages were found decapitated in Chechnya, a region where kidnappings have become common.