Press Release

7 July 1998

Press Release
GA/9427

PALESTINE OBSERVER IS GRANTED ADDITIONAL RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE IN WORK OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19980707 Resolution Deals with Co-Sponsorship of Texts; Point Of Order; Statements on Agenda Items Unrelated to Middle East Issues

7 July 1998

Press Release
WOM/1070

REPUBLIC OF KOREA CLAIMS ADVANCEMENT FOR WOMEN, CONCEDING MORE WORK NEEDED TO OVERCOME PATRIARCHAL TRADITIONS

19980707

Committee Hears of Effort to Meet Requirements Of United Nations Convention on Elimination of Discrimination

7 July 1998

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ECOSOC/5764

7 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6632

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SHOCK AT NEWS OF DEATH IN ABUJA OF MOSHOOD ABIOLA

19980707

Recalls Meeting with Chief Last Week; Calls on All Nigerians to Support Democratic Transition to Early Civilian Rule

The following statement was issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Nigerian Government has confirmed to me this afternoon the death in Abuja today of Moshood Abiola.

7 July 1998

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GA/COL/2987

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CALLS FOR CONTINUING FLOW OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC INFORMATION FROM NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

19980707

Administering Powers Asked to Cooperate; Statements Heard on Current Situations in Guam, United States Virgin Islands

7 July 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5765

BICYCLE OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION HAS STOPPED, PANELLISTS TELLS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

19980707 Council Continues 1998 Substantive Session Focusing On Developments in Market Access since Uruguay Round of GATT

7 July 1998

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WOM/1069

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD OF ADVERSE EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC CRISIS ON SITUATION OF WOMEN IN REPUBLIC OF KOREA

19980707

Officials Say Government Efforts to Promote Equality Impeded by Unemployment, Corporate Restructuring, Other Factors

6 July 1998

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SG/SM/6629
ECOSOC/5762

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR FULL USE OF UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM TO AID TRADE LIBERALIZATION

19980706 Addresses Opening Meeting of 1998 Substantive Session of Economic and Social Council

Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan during today's opening meeting of the 1998 substantive session of the Economic an Social Council:

6 July 1998

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WOM/1068

SPECIAL MEASURES NEEDED TO PROTECT WOMEN FROM `STRUCTURAL DISCRIMINATION' IN PERU, COMMITTEE ASSERTS

19980706

While Peru's Constitution prohibited discrimination, the society's structural discrimination could not be eliminated without temporary special measures, the 23 experts on the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women told representatives from Peru this afternoon.

6 July 1998

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ECOSOC/5763

FULL MARKET ACCESS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CALLED FOR AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONCLUDES DIALOGUE ON WORLD ECONOMY

19980706 Council Begins High-Level Ministerial Segment Of 1988 Substantive Session, Focusing on Market Access