Press Release

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

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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):

2 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6687
L/2896

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RWANDA TRIBUNAL'S GENOCIDE JUDGEMENT AS LANDMARK IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW

19980902 The following statement was issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

2 September 1998

Press Release
POP/678

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

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:

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.)

31 August 1998

Press Release
SC/6568

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN SEPTEMBER

19980831 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for September:

Security Council

Hans Dahlgren (Sweden) succeeds Danilo Türk (Slovenia) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

31 August 1998

Press Release
SEA/1608

INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY, IN TWO-WEEK SESSION, MAKES PROGRESS ON PREPARATION OF MINING CODE

19980831 Termination of Provisional Membership Creates Budgetary Problems for 1999; October Meeting in New York Planned to Conclude Fourth Session

(Reissued as received.)