Press Release

6 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3465

THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES

19981006 Participation and Inclusion of Elderly and Youth Required To Create Equitable Society for All, Speakers Stress

6 October 1998

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SG/SM/6733/Rev.1*
PKO/75/Rev.1*

'WE ARE ALL HUMBLED' BEFORE THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR PEACE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, PRESENTING FIRST DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD MEDALS

19981006 Following is the text of remarks delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the presentation of the first Dag Hammarskjöld Medals at a commemorative meeting of the General Assembly to mark the fiftieth anniversary of United Nations peacekeeping in New York on 6 October:

5 October 1998

Press Release
GA/9465

LIVING WITHIN RESOURCES, USING THEM WHERE MOST NEEDED KEY TO UN SUCCESS, UNITED STATES TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19981005 Sixteen Speakers Address Assembly, As It Takes Up Secretary-General's Report on Organization

5 October 1998

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POP/682

5 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3464

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IS NOT CHARITY, BUT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT, USG FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE

19981005 Debate on Questions Relating To Youth, Ageing, Disabled Persons, Family Begins

5 October 1998

Press Release
GA/9466

RAPID RESPONSE TO CRISES, PEACEKEEPING READINESS AMONG SUBJECTS ADDRESSED AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REPORT

19981005 Pakistan Says UN Readiness Brigade Not Mandated by Organization; Assembly Adopts Resolution on Assistance to Relieve Effects of Hurricane

5 October 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6730

UNITED NATIONS INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE ABUSE OF ACCESS TO DUTY-FREE LIQUOR AND CIGARETTES BY UNFICYP MEMBERS

19981005

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

5 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/133

NO TERRITORIES ADMINISTERED BY UNITED KINGDOM REMAINED BRITISH THROUGH COERCION OR REPRESSION, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981005 Administering Powers Urged To Promote Territories' Economic Development as Fourth Committee Takes Up Decolonization Issues

5 October 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3240

MEMBER STATES WILL DECIDE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT, USG FOR MANAGEMENT TELLS FIFTH COMMITTEE

19981005 Administrative and Budgetary Committee Adopts Programme of Work, Takes Up Support Account and Gratis Personnel

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning adopted its programme of work and began substantive work for the General Assembly's fifty-third session.

5 October 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6731

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES RECIPIENT OF NANSEN MEDAL, AWARDED TODAY IN GENEVA, AS EXAMPLE OF COURAGE, BELIEF AND TENACITY

19981005 Mustafa Dzhemilev Receives 1998 Award for Contribution To Resolution of Statelessness, Citizenship Issues of Crimean Tatar People