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5 August 1998

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GA/SM/53

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT PAYS TRIBUTE TO COMMITMENT, COURAGE, PROFESSIONALISM OF UNIFIL MEMBERS DURING VISIT TO FORCE'S HEADQUARTERS

19980805 Following are remarks made by the President of the General Assembly, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine), during his visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), in Naqoura, Lebanon, today:

5 August 1998

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SG/SM/6666

FOREIGN MINISTERS OF INDONESIA AND PORTUGAL CONCLUDE TWO-DAY MEETING ON EAST TIMOR QUESTION

19980805 Meetings, Held at United Nations Headquarters, "Took Place in an Open, Cordial, Constructive Atmosphere", Communique States

The following communique was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

5 August 1998

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SG/SM/6663
AFR/88

SECRETARY-GENERAL GREATLY CONCERNED OVER SERIOUS DEVELOPMENTS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

19980805

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

5 August 1998

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ECOSOC/5799

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL RESUMES 1998 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

19980805 Requests ICJ to Provide Advisory Opinion on Applicability of UN Privileges And Immunities Convention to Case of Human Rights Commission Special Rapporteur

4 August 1998

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GA/PAL/785

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HEARS REPORTS ON OUTCOMES OF SEMINAR AND SYMPOSIA ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE IN LATIN AMERICA AND NORTH AMERICA

19980804 Permanent Observer for Palestine Briefs Committee on Latest Developments in Middle East Peace Process

4 August 1998

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ECOSOC/5798

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL SUSPENDS 1998 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION AT CONCLUSION OF FOUR-WEEK MEETING AT HEADQUARTERS, 6-31 JULY

19980804 Adopts 'Ministerial Communique on Market Access'; President Cites Humanitarian Segment Among Many 'Firsts' in Council Work

4 August 1998

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SG/SM/6662

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN LUNCHEON TOAST, THANKS PETER USTINOV FOR 'MAGNIFICENT WORK' ON BEHALF OF UNITED NATIONS

19980804 'There Can Be no Better Friend of the United Nations, And no Finer Exponent of the Values it Stands for', Kofi Annan States

Following is the text of a toast given by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a luncheon in honour of Sir Peter Ustinov, in New York today:

4 August 1998

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4 August 1998

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SG/SM/6661
AFR/87

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RESUMPTION OF IGAD-SPONSORED PEACE TALKS ON SUDAN, CALLS ON PARTIES TO REDOUBLE EFFORTS FOR POLITICAL SOLUTION

19980804

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

4 August 1998

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