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14 October 1998

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GA/DIS/3110

'MUSHROOM CLOUDS IN SOUTH ASIA' MUST SHARPEN WORLD'S FOCUS ON NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION DANGERS, UNITED STATES TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

19981014 India Cites Failures of Nuclear Disarmament, Non-Proliferation Regime; Nine Others Address Committee in Continuing Disarmament General Debate

14 October 1998

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SG/SM/6748
DC/2615

14 October 1998

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GA/9479

ASSEMBLY URGES STATES TO REPEAL OR INVALIDATE LAWS WITH EXTRATERRITORIAL EFFECT ON SOVEREIGNTY, FREE TRADE, NAVIGATION OF OTHER STATES

19981014 Adopts Resolution on Need to End United States Embargo on Cuba, Voting 157 in Favour, 2 Against (Israel, United States), with 12 Abstentions

14 October 1998

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GA/SPD/138

FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION

19981014

Sixty-seven nuclear-weapon tests were carried out in the Marshall Islands over 12 years without the population knowing the true extent of personal injuries and environmental damage caused by the nuclear blasts, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) was told this afternoon as it began its consideration of the effects of atomic radiation.

13 October 1998

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GA/SHC/3471

POVERTY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMBALANCES MUST BE ADDRESSED IN FIGHT AGAINST ILLICIT DRUGS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

19981013 Committee Hears Call for Additional Resources for UNDCP

13 October 1998

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PKO/77

13 October 1998

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SG/SM/6745

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES NEWS OF BREAKTHROUGH IN EFFORTS TO END KOSOVO CRISIS

19981013 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

13 October 1998

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GA/EF/2823

13 October 1998

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GA/SPD/137

13 October 1998

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SG/SM/6743
AFR/104

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO ALL PARTIES IN LESOTHO TO REACH AGREEMENT ON OUTSTANDING ISSUES

19981013 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has been following closely the discussions involving the Government and Lesotho's political parties, held under the auspices of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).