Press Release

7 July 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5765

BICYCLE OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION HAS STOPPED, PANELLISTS TELLS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

19980707 Council Continues 1998 Substantive Session Focusing On Developments in Market Access since Uruguay Round of GATT

7 July 1998

Press Release
WOM/1069

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD OF ADVERSE EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC CRISIS ON SITUATION OF WOMEN IN REPUBLIC OF KOREA

19980707

Officials Say Government Efforts to Promote Equality Impeded by Unemployment, Corporate Restructuring, Other Factors

7 July 1998

Press Release
POP/674

KAMPALA ROUND TABLE SEEKS ACTION TO ENSURE WOMEN'S RIGHTS, IMPROVE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMMES

19980707

(Delayed in transmission; reissued as received.)

KAMPALA, Uganda, 25 June (UNFPA) -- Experts on reproductive rights and health from around the world agreed today on actions needed to speed progress towards the goals set by the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994.

7 July 1998

Press Release
GA/9427

PALESTINE OBSERVER IS GRANTED ADDITIONAL RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE IN WORK OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19980707 Resolution Deals with Co-Sponsorship of Texts; Point Of Order; Statements on Agenda Items Unrelated to Middle East Issues

7 July 1998

Press Release
WOM/1070

REPUBLIC OF KOREA CLAIMS ADVANCEMENT FOR WOMEN, CONCEDING MORE WORK NEEDED TO OVERCOME PATRIARCHAL TRADITIONS

19980707

Committee Hears of Effort to Meet Requirements Of United Nations Convention on Elimination of Discrimination

7 July 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5764

7 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6632

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SHOCK AT NEWS OF DEATH IN ABUJA OF MOSHOOD ABIOLA

19980707

Recalls Meeting with Chief Last Week; Calls on All Nigerians to Support Democratic Transition to Early Civilian Rule

The following statement was issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Nigerian Government has confirmed to me this afternoon the death in Abuja today of Moshood Abiola.

6 July 1998

Press Release
WOM/1067

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TAKES UP REPORT OF PERU ON STEPS TO IMPLEMENT CONVENTION

19980706

Dramatic gaps between the situation of urban and rural women in Peru were highlighted as the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women began considering Peru's combined third and fourth periodic reports on implementing the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

6 July 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5761

LEADERS CALL FOR NEW EFFORTS TO AVOID FUTURE CRISES IN GLOBAL MARKET

19980706

Economic and Social Council Begins 1998 Substantive Session with Dialogue on Developments in World Economy

6 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6631
SG/T/2143

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT FIVE COUNTRIES OF LATIN AMERICA

19980706

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

On Monday, 13 July, in Brasilia, Brazil, the Secretary-General of the United Nations begins a five-nation tour in Latin America that will also take him to Uruguay, Argentina, Guatemala and Mexico.