Press Release

9 September 1998

Press Release
NGO/304
PI/1077

FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL DPI/NGO CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, 14-16 SEPTEMBER

19980909 To Discuss Fiftieth Anniversary Of Universal Declaration of Human Rights

8 September 1998

Press Release
GA/9431

ASSEMBLY DECIDES ALL UNITED NATIONS STAFF AT ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL LEVEL AND ABOVE WILL SUBMIT FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS

19980908

Approves Cooperation Agreement with Law of the Sea Tribunal As It Concludes Fifty-second Session by Closing and Deferring Pending Items

8 September 1998

Press Release
DC/2612

8 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6693
AFR/96

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF MEETING ON CRISIS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO CONCLUDING TODAY IN ZIMBABWE

19980908 Delegation of Secretary-General to Join Defence Ministers in Addis Ababa 10 September to Establish Modalities and Monitoring of Immediate Cease-fire

The following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

8 September 1998

Press Release
GA/SM/57

THEME OF 'REVITALIZING' UNITED NATIONS DISTINGUISHED FIFTY-SECOND SESSION, SAYS ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT IN CONCLUDING REMARKS

19980908 Following is the statement of the President of the General Assembly, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine), as he concluded the Assembly's fifty-second session on Tuesday, 8 September:

8 September 1998

Press Release
DC/2613

8 September 1998

Press Release
IHA/663

UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES CONSOLIDATED INTER-AGENCY FLASH APPEAL FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO ERITREA

19980908 Issues Report on War-Displaced in Ethiopia

(Reissued as received.)

4 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6690

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARLIAMENTARIANS TO DO MORE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUSTAINABLE WATER CONSUMPTION

19980904 ADVANCE TEXT

The following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the one-hundredth Inter-Parliamentary Conference meeting in Moscow from 7 to 11 September, to be delivered on his behalf by Vladimir Petrovsky, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (embargoed until 8.30 a.m. GMT, 7 September):

4 September 1998

Press Release
IAEA/1323

IAEA TO PARTICIPATE IN ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNET DATABASE ON BEST PRACTICES IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE

19980904 Researchers, Doctors of Developing Countries Will Benefit Most from New Access to Systematic Scientific Reviews

4 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6691
OBV/55

INVESTMENT IN LITERACY AND EDUCATION CAN YIELD BEST OF ALL RETURNS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

19980904 Despite Recent Gains, Twin Goals of Universal Literacy and Equal Access to Education Remain Unmet

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of International Literacy Day, 8 September: