Press Release

3 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3493

GOALS SET AT 1993 HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE STYMIED BY INTERNATIONAL MISTRUST, INDIA TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE REVIEW OF VIENNA DECLARATION AND ACTION PLAN

19981103 Connection between Development, Democracy and Human Rights Stressed

3 November 1998

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SOC/CP/206

UN TO HOST ASIA-PACIFIC MEETING ON CRIME IN BANGKOK

19981103

VIENNA, 2 November (UN Information Service) -- Experts and top government officials from about 23 Asian and Pacific countries are gathering in Bangkok from 2 to 4 November to discuss how crime can be better controlled and prevented at the national and transnational levels.

2 November 1998

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GA/SHC/3492

DRAFTS ON RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION, ACTIVITIES BY MERCENARIES, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DECADE INTRODUCED IN THIRD COMMITTEE

19981102 Review of Implementation of Vienna Conference Outcome Continues

2 November 1998

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SG/SM/6781

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES 'PIONEER FOR LONGEVITY' JOHN GLENN

19981102 Following is the text of the Secretary-General Kofi Annan's congratulatory message to United States Senator and astronaut John Glenn, issued by his Spokesman on 30 October:

2 November 1998

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GA/9493

ECONOMIC, DISARMAMENT CONTRIBUTIONS OF ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY HIGHLIGHTED AS DIRECTOR-GENERAL PRESENTS REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19981102 Assembly Also Appropriates $78.2 million for Peacekeeping Missions; Calls for Assistance to Central American States Affected by Hurricane Mitch

2 November 1998

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GA/L/3086

PROBLEMS RELATED TO SUCCESSION OF STATES AND RESERVATIONS TO TREATIES AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED BY LEGAL COMMITTEE

19981102 Consideration of Report of International Law Commission Continues

2 November 1998

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POP/686

2 November 1998

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ENV/DEV/486

KYOTO PROTOCOL TALKS IN BUENOS AIRES TO PROMOTE EMISSIONS CUTS

19981102

BUENOS AIRES, 2 November (UNFCCC) -- Ministers and other senior officials from some 180 governments are meeting here from 2 to 13 November to pave the way for reducing greenhouse gas emissions as required by the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

2 November 1998

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GA/EF/2843

ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TAKES UP ISSUE OF POVERTY ERADICATION; CHINA URGES ROLE FOR THOSE AFFECTED IN FRAMING PROGRAMMES

19981102 Debate Concluded on Action to Help Least Developed Countries

2 November 1998

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GA/SM/73

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT URGES GENEROUS ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF HURRICANE MITCH

19981102 The following statement was issued today by the spokesman for the President of the General Assembly, Didier Opertti (Uruguay):