Press Release

20 July 1998

Press Release
L/2889

UN DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE CONCLUDES IN ROME WITH DECISION TO ESTABLISH PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

19980720 Statute of Court Adopted by Non-Recorded Vote of 120 in Favour, 7 Against, 21 Abstentions

(Reissued as received from a United Nations Information Officer.)

20 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6644

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SYMPATHY TO PEOPLE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

19980720

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

20 July 1998

Press Release
GA/SM/48

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT EXPRESSES SYMPATHY TO GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

19980720 The following statement was issued today by the spokesman for the President of the General Assembly:

20 July 1998

Press Release
SC/6553

20 July 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5783

COLLECTIVE UNITED NATIONS RESPONSE NEEDED TO ADDRESS EFFECTS OF ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS, SAYS HEAD OF REGIONAL COMMISSION

19980720 Chiefs of Regional Commissions Address Economic and Social Council, as It Begins Consideration of Regional Cooperation

The Economic and Social Council heard discussion of the regional implications of the Asian financial crisis, as it began consideration of regional cooperation this morning.

20 July 1998

Press Release
L/2890

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IS MAJOR STEP IN MARCH TOWARDS UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS, RULE OF LAW

19980720 In Ceremony on Adoption of Court's Statute, Philippe Kirsch (Canada) Appeals to States Not to Reject 'What Is Really the Future of Humanity'

(Reissued as received from an Information Officer.)

20 July 1998

Press Release
HR/4378

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ISRAELI PRACTICES TO VISIT EGYPT, JORDAN AND SYRIA

19980720

GENEVA, 17 July (UN Information Service) -- The Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories will carry out its annual field mission to Egypt, Jordan and Syria from 22 to 31 July.

20 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6643
L/2891

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IS GIFT OF HOPE TO FUTURE GENERATIONS

19980720 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement at the ceremony held at Campidoglio on Saturday, 18 July, celebrating the adoption of the Statute of the International Criminal Court at a United Nations Diplomatic Conference, which concluded in Rome the previous day:

This is indeed a historic moment.

17 July 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5781

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CALLS ON SECRETARY-GENERAL TO CRAFT RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

19980717 High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls on Members to Devise System-Wide Approach to Meeting Goals Set at 1993 Human Rights Conference

17 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6642

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S TRIBUTE TO MAHBUB UL HAQ, CREATOR OF UNITED NATIONS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT

19980717 This is the text of a statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The untimely death yesterday of Mahbub ul Haq is a loss for the world, and especially for those of us who were privileged to know and work with him in the United Nations system, to which he contributed so much.