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SG/SM/6602
18 June 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6602
WOM/1052


SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION 'WILL BE BUT A MEMORY', PROMISES TO ENSURE ISSUE REMAINS ON INTERNATIONAL AGENDA

19980618 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement at the opening of the meeting on "Culture, Education and Female Circumcision", delivered on his behalf by his Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, Angela King, on Monday, 15 June:

L/2879/
17 June 1998


Press Release
L/2879/


UNITED STATES DECLARES AT CONFERENCE THAT UN SECURITY COUNCIL MUST PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CORRECTION

19980617

ROME, 17 June -- On page 10, paragraph 5, of Press Release L/2879 issued earlier today, the number of members of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission should read 50.

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L/2881
17 June 1998


Press Release
L/2881


RECALLING 'SUFFERING ALMOST UNKNOWN IN HUMAN HISTORY', RWANDA URGES CREATION OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT TO ERADICATE GENOCIDE

19980617 Israel Recalls Role of Nazi War Crimes In Current Deliberations, Libya Says Work of Court Should Not Be Held Hostage to Super-Power Whims

(Reissued as received from an Information Officer.)

L/2879
17 June 1998


Press Release
L/2879


UNITED STATES DECLARES AT CONFERENCE THAT UN SECURITY COUNCIL MUST PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

19980617 Chief Prosecutor of Former Yugoslavia, Rwanda Tribunals States His Preference to Have No Court At All Than One under Political Control

(Reissued as received from an Information Officer.)