Press Release

2 November 1998

Press Release
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

Press Release
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):

2 November 1998

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GA/9494

2 November 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3491

THIRD COMMITTEE BEGINS REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION AND FOLLOW-UP OF VIENNA HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE OUTCOME

19981102 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Says Next Century Should Be Age of Prevention of Human Rights Violations

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'