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SC/6535

SECURITY COUNCIL URGES ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA TO ACHIEVE PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF BORDER DISPUTE

26 June 1998


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SC/6535


SECURITY COUNCIL URGES ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA TO ACHIEVE PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF BORDER DISPUTE

19980626

Expressing grave concern at the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea and its implication for the region, the Security Council this afternoon urged the two States to exhaust all means to achieve a peaceful settlement of their border dispute.

SG/SM/6614

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESS TO VIENNA PUBLIC ASSEMBLY ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW

26 June 1998


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SG/SM/6614
HR/4373


SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESS TO VIENNA PUBLIC ASSEMBLY ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW

19980626 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of an address to be delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 27 June to the Vienna Public Assembly on Human Rights on "Human rights and the rule of law in the twenty-first century [embargoed until 9 a.m. EDT Saturday, 27 June]:

GA/9425

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES PEACEKEEPING FUNDS FOR 1998/1999, ACTS ALSO ON YEAR 2000 CONVERSION PROBLEM FOR COMPUTERS

26 June 1998


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GA/9425


GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES PEACEKEEPING FUNDS FOR 1998/1999, ACTS ALSO ON YEAR 2000 CONVERSION PROBLEM FOR COMPUTERS

19980626

The General Assembly decided to appropriate a total of $636.7 million gross ($611.7 million net) for peacekeeping operations for the period from 30 June 1998 to 1 July 1999, as it took action this morning on draft decisions and resolutions recommended by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary).

SG/SM/6615

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENTS TO VIENNA PANEL ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW IN SOCIETIES IN TRANSITION

26 June 1998


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SG/SM/6615
HR/4374


SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENTS TO VIENNA PANEL ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW IN SOCIETIES IN TRANSITION

19980626 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to a panel discussion in Vienna on 27 June on Human Rights and the rule of law in societies in transition [embargoed until 9 a.m. EDT Saturday, 27 June]:

SC/6534

COUNCIL DECIDES PREVIOUSLY SPECIFIED MEASURES AGAINST UNITA SHALL COME INTO FORCE ON 1 JULY, INSTEAD OF 25 JUNE

24 June 1998


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SC/6534


COUNCIL DECIDES PREVIOUSLY SPECIFIED MEASURES AGAINST UNITA SHALL COME INTO FORCE ON 1 JULY, INSTEAD OF 25 JUNE

19980624 Resolution 1176 (1998) Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council tonight postponed until 1 July the coming into force of a series of measures against the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), including the freezing of funds, specified in resolution 1173 (1998) of 12 June.