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17 November 1998

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DSG/SM/31

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS POOR COUNTRIES, STRUGGLING TO ADOPT GROWTH POLICIES, DESERVE GREATER SUPPORT IN THEIR EFFORTS

19981117 Tells D.C. Audience Growing Gap in Global Living Standards Can Be Encouragement to Militancy, Threat to Peace and Security

This is the text of an address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette today to the Women's Foreign Policy Group in Washington, D.C.:

17 November 1998

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GA/SM/74
IK/260

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS FOR LASTING SOLUTION TO CRISIS IN PERSIAN GULF BASED ON UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTIONS

19981117 The following is a statement issued today by the spokesman for the President of the General Assembly, Didier Opertti (Uruguay), concerning the Persian Gulf crisis:

17 November 1998

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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

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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

16 November 1998

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DSG/SM/30
UNEP/36

UNEP SASAKAWA ENVIRONMENT PRIZE AWARDED TO AUSTRALIAN ORIGINATOR OF 'CLEAN UP THE WORLD' UNDERTAKING

19981116 Deputy Secretary-General Applauds Work of Ian Kiernan -- 'Civil Society at Its Best', Offering Hope of Global Improvement

This is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette this evening at the UNEP Sasakawa Environment Prize award ceremony in New York:

16 November 1998

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GA/AB/3264

INTERNAL OVERSIGHT OFFICE RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED ONLY WHEN GENERAL ASSEMBLY SO DECIDES, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981116 Administrative and Budgetary Committee Concludes Consideration of Oversight Office, Takes Up Board of Auditors Reports

16 November 1998

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GA/SHC/3509

ASSEMBLY WOULD REAFFIRM RIGHT OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO SELF-DETERMINATION, WITHOUT EXCLUDING OPTION OF STATE, BY THIRD COMMITTEE TEXT

19981116 Committee Takes Action on Five Texts, Hears Introduction of 11 Drafts

16 November 1998

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GA/9503

ASSEMBLY HEARS CALLS TO BETTER ENSURE SAFETY OF HUMANITARIAN PERSONNEL, OPENING DEBATE ON UN HUMANITARIAN AND DISASTER-RELIEF ASSISTANCE

19981116 Drafts Introduced on Assistance to Nicaragua, Niger, Comoros, Mozambique, Liberia and Kazakhstan

16 November 1998

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GA/L/3098