Press Release

2 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6780

SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS CONDOLENCES TO CENTRAL AMERICAN HURRICANE VICTIMS, URGES GENEROSITY IN AFTERMATH

19981102 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

2 November 1998

Press Release
ENV/DEV/487

CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS OPEN IN BUENOS AIRES

19981102

BUENOS AIRES, 2 November (UNFCCC) -- Some 4,000 government officials and other participants attended the opening session today of the Fourth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-4).

2 November 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2844

EMPOWERMENT OF POOR, WITH ACCESS TO ASSETS AND MARKETS, SEEN AS KEY IN WAR AGAINST GLOBAL POVERTY

19981102 UNDP Official Tells Economic Committee Individuals Should Be Participants in Programmes, Not `Passive Recipients of Handouts'

2 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/144

INTENSE PEACEMAKING EFFORTS MUST ACCOMPANY EVERY PEACEKEEPING OPERATION, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981102 Committee Continues Discussion of Issues Related to Peacekeeping

2 November 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5803
ECO/7

2 November 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3126

DRAFT TEXT CALLING FOR REVIEW OF NUCLEAR DOCTRINES, INTRODUCED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

19981102 Eleven Other Drafts Introduced Concerning, among Others, Nuclear Testing, Middle East, Regional Disarmament, Small Arms in Africa

2 November 1998

Press Release
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

Press Release
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:

30 October 1998

Press Release
SC/6590

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN NOVEMBER

19981030 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for November:

Security Council

A. Peter Burleigh (United States) succeeds Sir Jeremy Greenstock (United Kingdom) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

30 October 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3252/

TOTAL ANNUAL COST OF UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMMES ABOUT $4.6 BILLION, WHILE $778 BILLION SPENT EACH YEAR ON ARMS, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD CORRECTION

19981030

In Press Release GA/AB/3252 of 29 October, the summary of the statement by the representative of Bahrain that starts at the bottom of page 11 should read as follows: