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GA/SM/60

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION UNIVERSAL FRAME OF REFERENCE

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":

SEA/1681

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF ADOPTS GUIDELINES; ADDRESSES RULES OF PROCEDURE, CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION

14 September 1998


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SEA/1681


COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF ADOPTS GUIDELINES; ADDRESSES RULES OF PROCEDURE, CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION

19980914

NEW YORK, 28 August (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) -- The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf provisionally adopted its Scientific and Technical Guidelines as it concluded its latest session on 4 September.

SG/SM/6697

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR NEW UNITED NATIONS-NGO PARTNERSHIP AMIDST ONGOING HUMAN RIGHTS REVOLUTION

14 September 1998


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SG/SM/6697
PI/1079


SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR NEW UNITED NATIONS-NGO PARTNERSHIP AMIDST ONGOING HUMAN RIGHTS REVOLUTION

19980914

Addressing Annual DPI-NGO Conference, Credits NGOs with Championing Human Rights

The following is the text of the statement given today by Secretary- General Kofi Annan to the annual DPI-NGO Conference which began at Headquarters:

GA/9434/Rev.1*

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 166-ITEM GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENDA

11 September 1998


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GA/9434/Rev.1*


GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 166-ITEM GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENDA

19980911

The General Committee, in two meetings held today, recommended 166 items for inclusion on the General Assembly's agenda for its fifty-third session and allocated them among the six Main Committees and the plenary.

SG/SM/6696

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS HOMAGE TO NINE UNITED NATIONS WORKERS KILLED IN CRASH OF SWISSAIR FLIGHT 111

11 September 1998


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SG/SM/6696


SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS HOMAGE TO NINE UNITED NATIONS WORKERS KILLED IN CRASH OF SWISSAIR FLIGHT 111

19980911 Tragedy Gives Occasion To Reflect on Work Of 'United Nations Family' in Fight for Good, Peace and Life

The following is the text of the statement given today by Secretary- General Kofi Annan at the memorial service for the victims of the Swissair flight 111 air crash: