Press Release

13 November 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3136

CHAIRMAN CITES `DAUNTING GLOBAL CHALLENGE' OF DISARMAMENT AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONCLUDES WORK FOR CURRENT SESSION

19981113 Approves Draft Decision on Test-Ban Treaty, Draft Resolution on Banning Production of Fissile Material

13 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/149*

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

19981113 Under-Secretary-General Reviews Initiatives to Ensure Challenge is Met; Cites Importance of Harnessing Available Technologies

13 November 1998

Press Release
SG/T/2157

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MOROCCO 9 - 12 NOVEMBER

19981113 (Received from a spokesman travelling with the Secretary-General.)

13 November 1998

Press Release
GA/9502
REF/1162

COUNTRIES PLEDGE $121 MILLION TO MEET UNHCR 1999 NEEDS, ESTIMATED AT $842.1 MILLION

19981113 High Commissioner for Refugees Says Progressive Reduction of UNHCR Budget Has Left Her Office Unable to Meet Some Needs of Refugees and Displaced

13 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3097

13 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6795

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TEACHING TOLERANCE WILL BE PRIORITY FOR UNITED NATIONS OF NEXT CENTURY

19981113 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of the International Day for Tolerance, 16 November:

13 November 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3134/

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD STRONGLY DEPLORE SOUTH ASIA NUCLEAR TESTS UNDER TERMS OF DRAFT TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE CORRECTION

19981113

In Press Release GA/DIS/3134 issued on 12 November, the statement of the representative of Ecuador on page 5 should read as follows:

12 November 1998

Press Release
DC/2618

12 November 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2851

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES SHOULD TAKE ACCOUNT OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY, BY TEXT OF ECONOMIC COMMITTEE PROPOSAL FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19981112 Intensified Efforts Sought; Other Drafts Deal With International Years, High-Level Dialogue to Strengthen Cooperation

12 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3507

PROTECTION ROLE IMPORTANT AS SECURITY IN REFUGEE CAMPS IS GROWING CONCERN OF AGENCY WORKERS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

19981112 UNHCR Representative, Uneasy at 'Erosion of Human Rights', Welcomes Global Support for Efforts to Aid World's Displaced Persons