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SG/SM/6719

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES UNITED NATIONS INVOLVEMENT IN DISCUSSIONS ON NEW WORLD `FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE'

25 September 1998


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SG/SM/6719


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES UNITED NATIONS INVOLVEMENT IN DISCUSSIONS ON NEW WORLD `FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE'

19980925 UN, `The Universal Institution', Has Responsibility to Stress Global Nature of Present Crisis, Kofi Annan Says at Group of 77 Ministerial Meeting

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the annual ministerial meeting of the "Group of 77" developing countries and China, in New York today:

GA/9454

CONDITIONS ACHIEVED FOR LIFTING ARMS EMBARGO IMPOSED ON LIBERIA, FOREIGN MINISTER OF LIBERIA SAYS

25 September 1998


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GA/9454


CONDITIONS ACHIEVED FOR LIFTING ARMS EMBARGO IMPOSED ON LIBERIA, FOREIGN MINISTER OF LIBERIA SAYS

19980925

The arms embargo imposed on Liberia by the Security Council in 1992 should be lifted, as the reason for its application no longer existed, Monie Captan, Foreign Minister of Liberia, told the General Assembly this afternoon.

SG/SM/6718

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON GOVERNMENTS AND CITIZENS TO ACT TO MAKE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES BETTER PLACES TO LIVE

24 September 1998


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SG/SM/6718
OBV/58


SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON GOVERNMENTS AND CITIZENS TO ACT TO MAKE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES BETTER PLACES TO LIVE

19980924 On Occasion of World Habitat Day, Kofi Annan Stresses 'Crime Prevention is Everyone's Responsibility'

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World Habitat Day to be observed on 5 October:

GA/9452

NIGERIA TO RETURN TO DEMOCRATIC, CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT BY MAY 1999, HEAD OF STATE OF NIGERIA TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

24 September 1998


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GA/9452


NIGERIA TO RETURN TO DEMOCRATIC, CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT BY MAY 1999, HEAD OF STATE OF NIGERIA TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19980924 During Continuing General Debate, Prime Minister of Lebanon Asks UN to Address Israeli Arbitrary Jailing of 'Hundreds of Sons'

"Our goal is to return our country to a democratically elected civilian government on 29 May 1999", Abdulsalam A. Abubakar, the Head of State of Nigeria, told the General Assembly this afternoon.

SG/SM/6717

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES INDIA'S READINESS TO CONCLUDE DISCUSSIONS ON SIGNING COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

24 September 1998


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SG/SM/6717
DCF/350


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES INDIA'S READINESS TO CONCLUDE DISCUSSIONS ON SIGNING COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

19980924 Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan commending India's announcement of its readiness to conclude discussions on signing the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT):