Press Release

28 October 1998

Press Release
SOC/4479

CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS CALL FOR USEFUL ENGAGEMENT OF WORLD'S OLDER PEOPLE

19981028 UN Launches International Year of Older Persons 1999

28 October 1998

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DSG/SM/26

NEW SYSTEM TO DEAL WITH GLOBALIZATION MUST BE ROOTED IN VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF UNITED NATIONS CHARTER, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES

19981028 Louise Fréchette, at Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Stresses That Those Who Want More Out of UN Must Be Prepared to Put More In

28 October 1998

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GA/DIS/3122

EIGHT DISARMAMENT DRAFT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

19981028 Texts Address, Among Others, Information Security, Security Assurances to Non-Nuclear-Weapon States, Conference on Small Arms

28 October 1998

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SG/SM/6775

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY FATALITIES ON DEMINING ACCIDENTS, PRAISES WORK OF VICTIMS AS 'UNSELFISH AND INVALUABLE'

19981028 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The United Nations and the international community suffered four fatalities last week in demining accidents in Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia.

27 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3121

DRAFT RESOLUTION AIMING FOR 'NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE WORLD' INTRODUCED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

19981027 Nuclear-Weapon States Say Text Fails to Recognize Disarmament Progress; Chemical Weapons, Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Among Six Other Texts Introduced

27 October 1998

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PI/1088

COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION TAKES UP DEVELOPMENT OF UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL RADIO BROADCASTING CAPACITY

19981027 Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information Introduces Secretary-General's Report, Committee Resumes Twentieth Session

27 October 1998

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TAD/1860

UNCTAD BOARD BUILDS CONSENSUS ON MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL CRISES,

19981027

(Reissued as received.)

27 October 1998

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GA/9487

WORLD COURT MUST HAVE RESOURCES TO MEET DEMANDS OF INCREASING WORKLOAD INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE PRESIDENT TELLS ASSEMBLY

19981027 Reviewing Implementation of New Agenda for African Development in 1990s European Union Pledges Greater Market Access to Least Developed States by 2000

27 October 1998

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GA/SHC/3487

RACISM OFTEN FORCE BEHIND TERRORISM, GENOCIDE, ECONOMIC INJUSTICE AND POLITICAL OPPRESSION, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

19981027 Right of Self-Determination Also Major Concern of Speakers

27 October 1998

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SG/SM/6774

UN NEEDS SUPPORT, STRENGTH, INITIATIVE, LEADERSHIP OF UNITED STATES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FORTIETH BALL OF UNA/USA

19981027 American People Want Their Leaders To Give UN That Support 'on Time and without Conditions', Kofi Annan Stresses

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fortieth ball of the United Nations Association of the United States (UNA/USA), in New York today: