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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.

14 October 1998

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GA/EF/2824

14 October 1998

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SG/SM/6749
OBV/62

IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN IN ACHIEVING FOOD SECURITY STRESSED IN SECRETARY-GENERAL'S WORLD FOOD DAY MESSAGE

19981014 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on World Food Day, observed 16 October:

14 October 1998

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GA/AB/3244

PRIORITIES IN SECRETARY-GENERAL'S BUDGET OUTLINE SHOULD CONFORM WITH THOSE IN MEDIUM-TERM PLAN, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981014 Committee Continues Discussing Programme Planning, Considers Bosnia and Herzegovina Request for Exemption From Article 19

14 October 1998

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HR/CT/520

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION AT GENEVA FROM 19 OCTOBER TO 6 NOVEMBER

19981014 BACKGROUND RELEASE Experts to Examine Reports of Iceland, Belgium, Armenia, Libya, Japan and Austria

(Reissued as received.)

14 October 1998

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DSG/SM/22

SOLUTION TO REFUGEE FLOWS LIES IN ATTACKING CAUSES -- OPPRESSION, CONFLICT, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN OTTAWA ADDRESS

19981014 Following is the text of an address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the International Association of Refugee Law Judges in Ottawa, Canada, on 14 October:

14 October 1998

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GA/SHC/3473

RECOGNITION OF RAPE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AS WAR CRIMES HAS BEGUN TO REVERSE CLIMATE OF IMPUNITY, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

19981014 Committee Takes Up Advancement of Women And Implementation of Fourth World Conference on Women

14 October 1998

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SG/SM/6750
OBV/63

WORLD COMMUNITY MUST NOT RETREAT ON VERGE OF 'VICTORY OVER WANT', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN POVERTY DAY MESSAGE

19981014 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed 17 October:

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty offers all of us an opportunity to reflect on the most pressing task of our time.

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