Press Release

21 September 1998

Press Release
GA/SM/62

CREATION OF LEVEL-PLAYING FIELD IN GLOBALIZATION PROCESS STRESSED DURING HIGH-LEVEL MEETING, ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS

19980921 Call Made for Common Vision of Universal Growth and Development To Benefit All Countries

21 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6709

MUCH CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY POOLS EFFORTS AND RESOURCES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

19980921 Kofi Annan Gives Toast at Luncheon For Heads of State and Government Attending Assembly Session

Following is the text of a toast given by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a luncheon for Heads of State and Government attending the fifty-third session of the General Assembly, in New York today:

21 September 1998

Press Release
GA/9444

MILLIONS IN POVERTY OFFENCE AGAINST UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19980921 Assembly Opens General Debate, Hearing From 5 Heads of State; President of United States Urges Common Cause Against Terrorism

21 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6707
GA/9445

CONNECTION BETWEEN PEACE AND ECONOMIC SECURITY MUST BE REDISCOVERED, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19980921 Describes It As `Unifying Principle' upon Which Organization Founded, If Poor Lack Development,`Even Richest on This Planet Will Not Be Safe'

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly, as it began its general debate on 21 September:

21 September 1998

Press Release
IAEA/1324

21 September 1998

Press Release
GA/9446

2001 SHOULD BE YEAR OF DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS; PRESIDENT OF IRAN TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19980921 Assembly Continues General Debate; Mexico's Foreign Minister Urges Economic Crisis Warning System

21 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6708
IAEA/1325

NON-PROLIFERATION, NUCLEAR SAFETY VITAL IAEA TASKS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS AGENCY'S GENERAL CONFERENCE

19980921 The following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to the 42nd regular session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), delivered today on his behalf by Pino Arlacchi, Director-General, United Nations Office at Vienna:

18 September 1998

Press Release
GA/9438/

HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE ON IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION CONTINUES IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY CORRECTION

19980918

On page 13 of Press Release GA/9438 of 17 September, the speaker of the Philippines was Manuel B. Villar, Jr., Speaker of the House of the Congress of the Philippines, and not Emilio R. Espinosa.

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18 September 1998

Press Release
OS/1740

USE OF SATELLITES, OTHER SPACE TECHNOLOGY BY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FOCUS OF UN WORKSHOP IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

19980918 (Reissued as received.)

18 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6706

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CRISIS OF GLOBALIZATION OFFERS OPPORTUNITY TO APPROACH WORLDWIDE PROBLEMS IN GLOBAL SPIRIT

19980918 Industrialized Countries Must Shoulder Responsibilities, He Says at Close of High-Level General Assembly Dialogue on Globalization

The following is the text of the closing remarks made by Secretary- General Kofi Annan today to the General Assembly high-level dialogue on globalization: