Press Release

30 October 1998

Press Release
ORG/1274

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN NOVEMBER

19981030 The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held beginning in November, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

30 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3124

DRAFT RESOLUTION ON BILATERAL NUCLEAR ARMS NEGOTIATIONS INTRODUCED BY UNITED STATES IN FIRST COMMITTEE

19981030 Texts Also Introduced on Fissile Material, Middle East, Register of Conventional Arms, Military Expenditures, Information Programme

30 October 1998

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HQ/587

ADOPTING ITS REPORT, HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ASSEMBLY EXPAND ITS MEMBERSHIP BY FOUR, INCLUDING ONE NEW MEMBER FROM EACH REGIONAL GROUP

19981030 Committee Will Reconvene to Discuss Security During Recent General Debate

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:

30 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2842

EXTERNAL DEBT BURDEN AN OBSTACLE CRIPPLING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS

19981030 Equal Access to Markets Emphasized In Discussions of Trade And Development Issues

30 October 1998

Press Release
PI/1089

30 October 1998

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GA/DIS/3125

30 October 1998

Press Release
L/2902

KAYISHEMA/RUZINDANA TRIAL CLOSE TO COMPLETION

19981030

ARUSHA, 29 October (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) -- The joint trial of Clement Kayishema and Obed Ruzindana is close to completion as the Prosecution concluded its closing argument on 27 October and the Defence began its own summation today. The trial is taking place in Trial Chamber 2 (Judges William Sekule, presiding, Yakov Ostrovsky, and Tafazzal H. Khan).

30 October 1998

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SG/SM/6779
SAG/16

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES 'ROLL BACK MALARIA' AS INTER-AGENCY EFFORT TO MOBILIZE UN SYSTEM TO ADVANCE HUMAN PROGRESS, DEVELOPMENT

19981030 Kofi Annan Stresses Need to Beat Malaria, Which Has Caused So Much Suffering for All Too Long

Following is the text of the Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message welcoming the launching of the "Roll Back Malaria" initiative, in New York today: