Press Release

22 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3482

CHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS SHOULD NOT BE RECRUITED INTO ARMED FORCES NOR PARTICIPATE IN CONFLICT, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

19981022 Speakers Urge Optional Protocol to Child Rights Convention; Impact of Poverty, Malnutrition on Children's Rights Also Highlighted

22 October 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6765
AFR/109

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS EXECUTIONS OF 24 MILITARY OFFICERS IN SIERRA LEONE

19981022 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

22 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3116/

ELIMINATION OF MIDDLE EAST'S WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION STRESSED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DEBATE

19981022 CORRECTION

On page 17 of Press Release GA/DIS/3116 issued 20 October, the statement in right of reply by the representative of Ethiopia should read as follows:

22 October 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3079

CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OF ROME CONFERENCE TELLS LEGAL COMMITTEE STATES SHOULD BE OPEN TO DIALOGUE ON CONCERNS ABOUT ICC STATUTE

19981022 Philippe Kirsch (Canada) Calls Solutions Found to Complex Issues in Statute 'Remarkable', ICRC Disappointed by Non-Inclusion of Other Crimes, Certain Weapons

22 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/140

22 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2833

NO SOLUTION TO FINANCIAL CRISIS WITHOUT PAIN, SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS FROM PANEL ON CRISIS IMPACTS

19981022 Joint Committee/UNCTAD Panel Talks of Institutional Reform, Dispute Settlement Mechanisms, Better Financial Regulation

22 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3483

TWO TEXTS ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE APPROVED BY THIRD COMMITTEE

19981022 Committee Also Approves Text on International Drug Control, Concludes Discussion of Children's Rights

22 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3116/

ELIMINATION OF MIDDLE EAST'S WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION STRESSED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DEBATE CORRECTION

19981022

In Press Release GA/DIS/3116 of 20 October, the third full paragraph on page 18 should read as follows:

22 October 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3080

SPEAKERS IN LEGAL COMMITTEE CALL FOR UNIVERSAL RATIFICATION OF ROME STATUTE AS REVIEW OF NEWLY ESTABLISHED INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CONCLUDES

19981022 Preparatory Commission Charged with Laying Foundations for Court Should Meet Early in 1999 So Court Can Begin Functions By Turn of Century

22 October 1998

Press Release
OS/1744