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SG/SM/6699

PRESS CORPS AND UNITED NATIONS OPERATE IN ATMOSPHERE OF REMARKABLE TRUST, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

15 September 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6699


PRESS CORPS AND UNITED NATIONS OPERATE IN ATMOSPHERE OF REMARKABLE TRUST, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

19980915 Kofi Annan Addresses Dag Hammarskjöld Scholarship Luncheon, Commends Correspondents Grasp of Organization's Work

Following is the text of the statement given by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the annual luncheon of the Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Scholarship Fund in New York today:

SC/6572

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF UN OBSERVER MISSION IN ANGOLA UNTIL 15 OCTOBER

15 September 1998


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SC/6572


SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF UN OBSERVER MISSION IN ANGOLA UNTIL 15 OCTOBER

19980915

The Security Council this afternoon strongly urged rejection of military actions to resolve the crisis in Angola, as it decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) for a month, until 15 October.

GA/SM/60

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION UNIVERSAL FRAME OF REFERENCE

14 September 1998


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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


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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.