Press Release

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.)

13 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3472

VULNERABILITY OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO ILLICIT DRUG TRADE HIGHLIGHTED IN THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATE

19981013 Committee Concludes Discussion of Crime Prevention, Drug Control; Speakers Emphasize Difficulties of Combatting Global Crime with Few Resources

13 October 1998

Press Release
SEA/1610*

SEABED AUTHORITY TO USE 1998 UN SCALE IN ASSESSING STATES' CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 1999

19981013 Authority's Assembly Acts by Vote After Rejecting Russian Proposal to Utilize 1999 Scale

13 October 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6746

SECRETARY-GENERAL, UNVEILING MEMORIAL TO COUNT FOLKE BERNADOTTE, SAYS HIS EXAMPLE 'TAUGHT US WHAT A PEACEMAKER IS'

19981013

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement at the unveiling of the memorial to Count Folke Bernadotte, in New York today:

13 October 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3072

SIXTH COMMITTEE (LEGAL) CONCLUDES TWO-DAY DISCUSSION OF UNCITRAL REPORT

19981013

The Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon concluded its two-day consideration of the 1998 session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), hearing an urgent appeal from the Commission's Chairman for more resources to meet growing demands for its training and technical assistance programmes.

13 October 1998

Press Release
OS/1741

UNITED NATIONS WORKSHOP OPENS IN CHILE FOCUSING ON WAYS SPACE TECHNOLOGY CAN PREDICT DISASTERS, BOOST EDUCATION

19981013 (Reissued as received.)

13 October 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6744

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCERNED BY RISING TENSIONS IN EAST TIMOR, CALLS FOR CESSATION OF ALL MILITARY ACTIVITY

19981013 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

13 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3109

NUCLEAR TESTS BY INDIA, PAKISTAN UNDERMINED NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME, JAPAN TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

19981013 Australia Acknowledges Threat of Testing, but Highlights Recent Disarmament Achievements, As General Debate Continues

13 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/135/

MAJORITY OF NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE LIST, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981013 CORRECTION

On the last paragraph of page 9 of Press Release GA/SPD/135 of 9 October, the country of the representative who made the intervention was inadvertently omitted. It should read as follows: ROKAN HAMA AL-ANBUGE (Iraq).