Press Release

2 September 1998

Press Release
AFR/94
L/2895

RWANDA INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL PRONOUNCES GUILTY VERDICT IN HISTORIC GENOCIDE TRIAL

19980902 (Reproduced as received.)

2 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6688

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES NEED FOR GLOBAL ANSWERS TO GLOBAL QUESTIONS, IN ADDRESS TO NON-ALIGNED SUMMIT

19980902

Following is the text of an address given today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), meeting at Durban:

2 September 1998

Press Release
SAG/7
UNEP/33

NEW TREATY TO REDUCE RISKS FROM HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES

19980902

GENEVA/ROME, 1 September (UNEP) -- A new international convention on hazardous chemicals and pesticides will be adopted and signed by ministers and senior officials from around the world meeting in Rotterdam, Netherlands, 10 and 11 September.

2 September 1998

Press Release
GA/SM/56
L/2897

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT EXPRESSES GRATIFICATION REGARDING RWANDA TRIBUNAL'S JUDGEMENT ON THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE

19980902 Says It Demonstrates United Nations Ability to Create Mechanisms to Promote Universal Human Rights and Rule of Law

This statement was issued today by the spokesman for the President of the General Assembly, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine):

1 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6686

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES 'LIKE-MINDED' STATES TO RATIFY STATUTE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

19980901 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address today on receiving the honorary doctorate of law from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg:

1 September 1998

Press Release
ORG/1270

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN SEPTEMBER

19980901 The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held beginning in September, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

27 July-9 September Conference on Disarmament (third part), Geneva

31 August 1998

Press Release
SC/6569

COUNCIL CALLS FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO CONFLICT IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, INCLUDING IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE, WITHDRAWAL OF FOREIGN FORCES

19980831 In Presidential Statement, Council Calls For Political Dialogue, Protection of Civilian Population

31 August 1998

Press Release
AFR/93
L/2894

31 August 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6685

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE BY BANGLADESH

19980831 The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Saturday, 29 August:

31 August 1998

Press Release
SEA/1607

SEABED AUTHORITY APPROVES $5,011,700 BUDGET FOR 1999, DEFERS ACTION ON SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS

19980831 Adjourns Fourth Session 'Temporarily'; Fifth Session to Be Held 9-27 August, 1999

(Reissued as received.)