Press Release

9 December 1998

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SG/T/2159

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON VISIT TO ALGERIA, TRAVELS TO BASE OF UNITED NATIONS WESTERN SAHARA MISSION, HOLDS REFUGEE CAMP MEETING

19981209 Four Days of Talks with Government Leaders on Range of Issues

(Received from a spokesman travelling with the Secretary-General; delayed in transmission.)

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:

8 December 1998

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POP/693

8 December 1998

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SG/SM/6825
HR/4391

PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS OF ONE INDIVIDUAL PROMOTES PEACE OF ALL HUMANITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES AT UNESCO

19981208 Kofi Annan, Marking Fiftieth Anniversary of Universal Declaration, Stresses Human Rights as Development Priority, Not Just Political One

8 December 1998

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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

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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

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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

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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