Press Release

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.

8 December 1998

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GA/9529

ASSEMBLY EXTENDS INTERNATIONAL CIVILIAN MISSION IN HAITI TO 31 DECEMBER 1999, URGING NATION'S AUTHORITIES TO MOBILIZE WILL TO REFORM JUSTICE SYSTEM

19981208 Calls for Continued International Assistance to Somalia, And to Refugees and Countries of Asylum in Central and Eastern Africa

8 December 1998

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SG/SM/6822
OBV/82

8 December 1998

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DSG/SM/39
ECO/9

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWS OPTIONS FOR INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES, TO MEET GROWING CHALLENGE OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

19981208 Address in London Stresses Utility of Existing United Nations Agencies, Properly Used and Adapted to Changing Circumstances

This is the text of an address today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Overseas Development Institute in London:

7 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6820
AFR/120

SECRETARY-GENERAL, WELCOMING RELEASE OF 14 UN PEACEKEEPERS IN ANGOLA, CALLS ON ALL CONCERNED TO PROCEED WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF LUSAKA PROTOCOL

19981207

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

7 December 1998

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GA/AB/3277

MANY UN STAFF FROM RWANDA CURRENTLY UNDER ARREST ARE SUSPECTED OF PARTICIPATING IN 1994 GENOCIDE, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981207 As Human Resources Management Discussed, Rwanda's Representative Asks If Genocidal Mindset Was Prerequisite for UN Recruitment Pre-1994 Genocide

7 December 1998

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GA/9527

7 December 1998

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SG/SM/6821

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES DETERMINATION OF MEMBERS OF GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL TO SOLVE DISPUTES BY PEACEFUL MEANS, COMMENDS WISDOM OF OPTING FOR DIALOGUE

19981207 'Let Us Work Together for Peace', Kofi Annan Tells Summit Meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the nineteenth Summit Meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council, in Abu Dhabi on 7 November:

7 December 1998

Press Release
PI/1102