Press Release

16 September 1998

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GA/L/3069

SIXTH COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS PROGRAMME OF WORK

19980916 Committee Chairman Jargalsaikhany Enkhasaikhan (Mongolia) Urges Taking Concrete Steps to Ensure Establishment of International Criminal Court

16 September 1998

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SG/2047

SECRETARY-GENERAL PUBLISHES EMINENT PANEL'S REPORT ON ALGERIA

19980916 The following press communique on the report on Algeria by the Panel of Eminent Personalities was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

16 September 1998

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NGO/311
PI/1085

16 September 1998

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SG/SM/6701
OBV/57

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CITIZENS TO BUY ONLY OZONE-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS

19980916

Following is the text of the address given by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, 16 September 1998:

16 September 1998

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GA/SHC/3463

16 September 1998

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SG/SM/6700

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS BASIC AFFINITY AMONG PEOPLES SHOULD PREVAIL OVER FORCES 'THAT WOULD TEAR US APART FOR NARROW GAINS'

19980916 Addressing Interfaith Celebration of Commitment to UN Work, Kofi Annan Notes General Assembly Resolutions Could be Seen as 'a Form of Prayer'

16 September 1998

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GA/EF/2814

SECOND COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS PROGRAMME OF WORK

19980916 Committee Chairman Bagher Asadi (Iran) Says He Intends To Organize Executive Briefings, Panel Discussions and Keynote Addresses

16 September 1998

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SC/6574

SECURITY COUNCIL, ACTING ON SITUATION IN AFRICA, CALLS ATTENTION TO IMPORTANCE OF STRENGTHENING EFFECTIVENESS OF ARMS EMBARGOES

19980916 Resolution 1196 (1998) Adopted Unanimously; Presidential Statement Encourages Enhancing Africa's Peacekeeping Capacity

16 September 1998

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SG/SM/6702

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS RESTORING GLOBAL CULTURE OF KNOWLEDGE MUST BE UNITED NATIONS PRIORITY IN NEXT CENTURY

19980916 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Delivering First Eqbal Ahmad Lecture at Hampshire College, Kofi Annan Calls Attention to Crisis of Knowledge in Third World

Following is the text of the First Annual Eqbal Ahmad Lecture, which was delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at Hampshire College, in Massachusetts, today:

15 September 1998

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GA/9436

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 166-ITEM AGENDA FOR FIFTY-THIRD SESSION

19980915 New Items Include Bethlehem 2000 Project, World Solar Programme; Item Calling for Review of China's UN Representation Not Included

The General Assembly this afternoon adopted an agenda of 166 items for its fifty-third session.