Press Release

15 September 1998

Press Release
NGO/308
PI/1081

15 September 1998

Press Release
GA/9436

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 166-ITEM AGENDA FOR FIFTY-THIRD SESSION

19980915 New Items Include Bethlehem 2000 Project, World Solar Programme; Item Calling for Review of China's UN Representation Not Included

The General Assembly this afternoon adopted an agenda of 166 items for its fifty-third session.

15 September 1998

Press Release
SC/6573

SECURITY COUNCIL STRONGLY CONDEMNS MURDER OF IRANIAN DIPLOMATS IN AFGHANISTAN

19980915 Presidential Statement Says Crime Should Be Fully Investigated with United Nations Participation

15 September 1998

Press Release
NGO/309
PI/1082

EXISTING HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS MUST RECEIVE ADEQUATE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO MEET DEMANDS OF EVER-INCREASING WORKLOAD

19980915 Annual DPI/NGO Conference Continues at Headquarters, Holding Panels on the Impact of Globalization on Human Rights

15 September 1998

Press Release
HR/4381

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO HOLD NINETEENTH SESSION AT GENEVA 21 SEPTEMBER - 9 OCTOBER

19980915 Background Release Reports of Ecuador, Iraq, Bolivia, Kuwait, Thailand to Be Considered

(Reissued as received.)

15 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6699

PRESS CORPS AND UNITED NATIONS OPERATE IN ATMOSPHERE OF REMARKABLE TRUST, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

19980915 Kofi Annan Addresses Dag Hammarskjöld Scholarship Luncheon, Commends Correspondents Grasp of Organization's Work

Following is the text of the statement given by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the annual luncheon of the Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Scholarship Fund in New York today:

15 September 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5802
PI/1083

14 September 1998

Press Release
NGO/307
PI/1080

DPI/NGO CONFERENCE EXAMINES UNIVERSALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CONTEXT OF DIVERSE CULTURES

19980914 Panelists Urge Greater Attention To Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

14 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6698

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF RICARDO RAMIREZ, KEY FIGURE IN NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN GUATEMALA AND URNG

19980914 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for the Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

14 September 1998

Press Release
GA/SM/60

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION UNIVERSAL FRAME OF REFERENCE

19980914 Addresses Opening of NGO/DPI Conference at Headquarters

Following is a statement made today by the President of the General Assembly, Didier Opertti (Uruguay), on the occasion of the DPI/NGO Conference entitled, "The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: From Words to Deeds":