Press Release

15 October 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6753

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES MISSION TO FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

19981015 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

14 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2824

14 October 1998

Press Release
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

Press Release
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

Press Release
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

Press Release
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

Press Release
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

Press Release
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

Press Release
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

Press Release
SG/SM/6748
DC/2615