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SG/SM/6774

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

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:

POP/684

UN RELEASES 1998 WORLD POPULATION ESTIMATES AND PROJECTIONS

27 October 1998


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POP/684


UN RELEASES 1998 WORLD POPULATION ESTIMATES AND PROJECTIONS

19981027 World Population Expected to Reach 6 Billion in 1999 And Likely to Approach 9 Billion by 2050, But Fertility is Declining Globally

GA/9488

ASSEMBLY HEARS CALLS FOR INCREASED FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

27 October 1998


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GA/9488


ASSEMBLY HEARS CALLS FOR INCREASED FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

19981027

While official development assistance (ODA) was important, the way forward for the development of Africa was not through aid, but through foreign direct investment and the acquisition of skills and technologies, the representative of Malaysia told the General Assembly this afternoon.

GA/SPD/142

FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ON PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE

27 October 1998


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GA/SPD/142


FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ON PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE

19981027

The General Assembly would urge all States, in particular those with major space capabilities, to contribute actively to the goal of preventing an arms race in outer space, by the terms of a draft resolution on international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space approved this morning by the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization).

SG/SM/6774/Rev.1*

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

27 October 1998


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SG/SM/6774/Rev.1*


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:

AFR/111

RWANDA TRIBUNAL REGISTRAR SAYS DETAINEES HUNGER STRIKE UNWARRANTED

27 October 1998


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AFR/111
L/2901


RWANDA TRIBUNAL REGISTRAR SAYS DETAINEES HUNGER STRIKE UNWARRANTED

19981027

ARUSHA, 26 October (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) -- Following is a statement by the Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on the assignment of defence counsel to detainees at the United Nations detention facilities in Arusha.