Press Release

17 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6798
OBV/73

IN WORLD AIDS DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS EMERGENCY PERSISTS IN MANY REGIONS, DESPITE MEDICAL ADVANCES

19981117 High Cost of Treatment Noted, with 95 Per Cent of Infections In Poorer Countries; Tribute Paid to UN Pioneers Who Died in Plane Crash

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the observance of World AIDS Day on 1 December:

17 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3101

COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH HOST COUNTRY WOULD INCREASE MEMBERSHIP BY FOUR, BY TERMS OF DRAFT TEXT APPROVED THIS AFTERNOON BY SIXTH COMMITTEE

19981117 Draft Texts Also Approved on Principles for International Negotiations and on Centennial of First International Peace Conference

17 November 1998

Press Release
SC/6597

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS FAILURE OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA TO EXECUTE ARREST WARRANTS ISSUED BY FORMER YUGOSLAVIA TRIBUNAL

19981117 Resolution 1207 (1998) Adopted by 14-0-1

17 November 1998

Press Release
GA/9505

17 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/149/

'COMMUNICATIONS CULTURE' NEEDED IN UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM TO PROMOTE RELEVANCE OF WORLD ORGANIZATION, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD CORRECTION

19981117

On page 14 of Press Release GA/SPD/149 issued 13 November, the name of the representative of Bangladesh should be: ANWARUL KARIM CHOWDHURY.

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17 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6799

WITHOUT GLOBAL COOPERATION BETWEEN GREAT AND SMALL ALIKE, NO PROGRESS AND NO PEACE CAN LAST FOREVER, SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES

19981117 Kofi Annan Tells Foreign Policy Association Politics Are at Root Of Globalization's Difficulties and Will Be at Heart of Any Solutions

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Foreign Policy Association, in New York today:

16 November 1998

Press Release
ENV/DEV/491

16 November 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3265

INCREASED MOVEMENT FROM SHORT-TERM TO PERMANENT CONTRACTS CALLED FOR IN FIFTH COMMITTEE

19981116 Committee Continues Discussing Human Resources Management, Considers Aspects of 1998-1999 Programme Budget

16 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/150

CUBA TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE USE OF INFORMATION TO SUBVERT INTERNAL AFFAIRS IS VIOLATION OF SOVEREIGNTY, INTERNATIONAL LAW

19981116 Role of Internet, Other Technologies Discussed; Delegates Say Continuing Importance of Traditional Media -- Print, Radio, TV -- Not To Be Discounted

16 November 1998

Press Release
DEV/2195
UNEP/35