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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


Press Release
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.