Press Release

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.

17 July 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5782

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HEARS CALLS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DIMENSION TO BE CENTRAL FACTOR IN UNITED NATIONS ACTIVITIES

19980717 Rights Said to Be Integral to Development, Related Activities; Algeria Warns against Invocation for Political Purposes

17 July 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5769/

GENDER INITIATIVES AT UNITED NATIONS FALL SHORT DUE TO LACK OF COMMITMENT AT MANAGEMENT LEVEL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD CORRECTION

19980717

On page 12 of Press Release ECOSOC/5769 of 9 July 1998, the first complete paragraph (beginning, "Unemployment hit women harder than men ...") was wrongly attributed to the representative of Kazakhstan.

16 July 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5779

NEED FOR COORDINATED RELIEF EFFORTS IN NATURAL DISASTER SITUATIONS IS EMPHASIZED IN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL DISCUSSION

19980716 Speakers Cite Lessons Learned from Afghanistan Earthquakes, Forest Fires in Indonesia, El Niño Floods in Peru, Other Emergencies

16 July 1998

Press Release
SC/6551

SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES PROGRAMME TO MONITOR COURTS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

19980716 Resolution 1184 (1998) Unanimously Approves UNMIBH Programme as Part of Overall Legal Reform

16 July 1998

Press Release
HR/4377

OFFICE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REGRETS LACK OF AGREEMENT ON NEW UNITED NATIONS PRESENCE IN RWANDA

19980716 (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 16 July (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights) -- This statement was issued today by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights:

16 July 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5780

SINGLE UNITED NATIONS AGENCY FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IS SUGGESTED TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

19980716 Humanitarian Affairs Debate Includes Situation Reports On Burundi, Angola, Sierra Leone, Georgia and Afghanistan

16 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6641

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEADS CASE FOR MULTILATERALISM, SAYS CHOICE BETWEEN NATIONAL SECURITY AND COLLECTIVE SECURITY IS FALSE CHOICE

19980716 Buenos Aires Address Cites International Cooperation as Only Way To Progress in Meeting Cross-Boundary Challenges in Modern World

This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Argentine Council for International Relations in Buenos Aires:

16 July 1998

Press Release
L/2888

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPROVES PROVISIONS ON FINANCING, PROCEDURAL ISSUES

19980716 (Reissued as received from an Information Officer.)

16 July 1998

Press Release
HR/4376

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS BURNING TO DEATH OF THREE CHILDREN IN NORTHERN IRELAND

19980716 (Issued in the form received from the Office of the Special Representative.)