Press Release

11 November 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3093

OPENING DEBATE ON DRAFT CONVENTION FOR SUPPRESSION OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM, SIXTH COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR DEFINITION OF "TERRORISM"

19981111 Russian Federation says Draft Text Represents Effort to Design First Pre-emptive International Anti-Terrorism Instrument

11 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3505

LINK BETWEEN CONFLICT SITUATIONS AND RESULTING POVERTY STRESSED BY WORLD BANK DELEGATE TO ASSEMBLY'S THIRD COMMITTEE

19981111 Ethnic Strife Is Seen as Central Cause of Refugee Problems; Debate Continues on Report of High Commissioner

11 November 1998

Press Release
SOC/CP/208

UNITED NATIONS HOSTING WESTERN ASIA REGIONAL MEETING ON CRIME, BEIRUT, 11-13 NOVEMBER

19981111 (Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 10 November (UN Information Service) -- Experts and top government officials from up to 12 western Asian nations will be gathering in Beirut from 11 to 13 November to discuss how crime can be better controlled and prevented at the national and transnational levels.

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.

10 November 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2848

ECONOMIC COMMITTEE SEEKS PROCLAMATION OF 2005 AS INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MICROCREDIT; OTHER TEXTS ALSO APPROVED

19981110 Review of Economic and Social Council Report Begins; Experts Discuss 'Third Way' Politics, Blending Government and Market Sectors