Press Release

10 August 1998

Press Release
GA/COL/2991

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION BEGINS HEARING OF PETITIONERS ON PUERTO RICO

19980810 Draft Text Reaffirming Inalienable Right of People Of Puerto Rico to Self-Determination and Independence Introduced by Cuba

10 August 1998

Press Release
SOC/4460

ACTION PLAN TO EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ADOPTED AT CONCLUSION OF FORUM IN BRAGA, PORTUGAL

19980810 Text to Be Presented to World Conference of Ministers This Afternoon in Lisbon

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

10 August 1998

Press Release
SOC/4466

SELF-RESPECT, EDUCATION, RISKY BEHAVIOUR AMONG ISSUES RAISED AT WORLD CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUTH

19980810 General Exchange of Views Begins

(Received from a United Nations Information Officer.)

10 August 1998

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SG/T/2146

10 August 1998

Press Release
SOC/4463

JOSE SOCRATES, DEPUTY MINISTER TO PRIME MINISTER OF PORTUGAL, ELECTED PRESIDENT OF WORLD CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUTH

19980810 (Received from a United Nations Information Officer.)

LISBON, 8 August -- Jose Socrates, Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister of Portugal, has been elected President of the first World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth, currently being held in Lisbon.

10 August 1998

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SG/SM/6670
SOC/4464

'A SOCIETY THAT CUTS ITSELF OFF FROM ITS YOUTH SEVERS ITS LIFELINE', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MINISTERS FOR YOUTH WORLD CONFERENCE

19980810 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement to the opening of the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth, in Lisbon, on 8 August:

10 August 1998

Press Release
SOC/4461

ACTION PLAN TO EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ADOPTED AT CONCLUSION OF FORUM IN BRAGA, PORTUGAL

19980810 Text to Be Presented to World Conference of Ministers This Afternoon in Lisbon

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

10 August 1998

Press Release
SOC/4467

CONCERN OVER ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES EXPRESSED AT LISBON MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE

19980810 (Received from a United Nations Information Officer.)

10 August 1998

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ECOSOC/5800
ICJ/557

10 August 1998

Press Release
SG/T/2147

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISITS TO GUATEMALA AND MEXICO, 20-23 JULY

19980810 (Received from the Spokesman travelling with the Secretary-General.)

The Secretary-General arrived in Guatemala City, Guatemala, in the afternoon of Monday, 20 July. That evening he met with President Alvaro Arzu Irigoyen of Guatemala at the Presidential Palace. Among other things, they reviewed the process of implementation of the Guatemala peace accords.