Press Release

17 July 1998

Press Release
SC/6549/

COUNCIL AUTHORIZES UNITED NATIONS MILITARY OBSERVERS TO CONTINUE MONITORING PREVLAKA PENINSULA DEMILITARIZATION ZONE UNTIL 15 JANUARY 1999 ADDENDUM

19980717

On page 4 of Press Release SC/6549 of 15 July 1998, Slovenia should be added to the list of sponsors of the draft resolution (document S/1998/642).

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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.

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.)

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.)