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SG/SM/6597
15 June 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6597
L/2871


UN SECRETARY-GENERAL DECLARES OVERRIDING INTEREST OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CONFERENCE MUST BE THAT OF VICTIMS AND WORLD COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE

19980615 Opening Five-Week Rome Meeting, He Says Court Must Be Instrument Of Justice, Not Expediency; It Must Save Lives, Serve as Bulwark against Evil

(Reissued as received.)

SG/SM/6596
12 June 1998


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SG/SM/6596
AFR/73


SECRETARY-GENERAL, REFERRING TO UPCOMING ARUSHA TALKS ON BURUNDI, URGES ALL PARTIES TO ACT IN SPIRIT OF RECONCILIATION

19980612 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

On Monday, 15 June, in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, the Burundi parties will start talks under the guidance of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere.

OS/1739
12 June 1998


Press Release
OS/1739


COMMITTEE ON PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE CONCLUDES FORTY-FIRST SESSION (VIENNA, 3–12 JUNE)

19980612

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 12 June (UN Information Service) -– Plans for a 185-nation conference on "Space Benefits for Humanity in the Twenty-first Century" to be held in Vienna next year were brought closer to completion today by the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.