Press Release

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

12 November 1998

Press Release
SC/6595

SECURITY COUNCIL, RENEWING MANDATE OF MISSION IN TAJIKISTAN, CONDEMNS RECENT FIGHTING, URGES END TO USE OF FORCE

19981112 Unanimous Resolution 1206 (1998) Also Seeks Expeditions Inquiry into Murders of Four United Nations Observers in July

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Tajikistan (UNMOT) for another six months until 15 May 1999.

11 November 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3261

11 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3503/

THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS, SITUATIONS CORRECTION

19981111

In Press Release GA/SHC/3503 of 10 November, the first full paragraph on page 23, containing part of the summary of the statement by the representative of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, should read:

11 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6790
IK/255

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY URGES PRESIDENT HUSSEIN AND IRAQI GOVERNMENT TO RESUME IMMEDIATE COOPERATION WITH UNSCOM AND IAEA INSPECTORS

19981111 The following is a statement to the press by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

I am saddened and burdened by the Iraqi decision of 5 August and 31 October not to cooperate with the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM).

11 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3094

AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO DEVELOP LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO FIGHT TERRORISM, SIXTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON DRAFT CONVENTION AGAINST NUCLEAR TERRORISM

19981111 Approves Draft on Work Of United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

11 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/149

11 November 1998

Press Release
TAD/1863

UNCTAD TO HELP REBUILD CENTRAL AMERICAN ECONOMIES DEVASTATED BY HURRICANE MITCH

19981111 (Reproduced as received.)

LYON, 11 November (UNCTAD) -- The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has joined the international effort to assist the reconstruction of the Central American countries devastated by Hurricane Mitch, in particular Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala.