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SG/SM/6595

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS COMICS CAN EDUCATE EVEN AS THEY ENTERTAIN

11 June 1998


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SG/SM/6595


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS COMICS CAN EDUCATE EVEN AS THEY ENTERTAIN

19980611 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement delivered today at the ceremony announcing the release of a mine-awareness comic book for the children of Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua:

We are here to celebrate the publication of a comic book. But our subject is no laughing matter.

GA/9421

ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF DRUG MENACE; PLIGHT OF TRANSIT COUNTRIES, VULNERABLE SOCIAL GROUPS AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED

10 June 1998


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GA/9421


ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF DRUG MENACE; PLIGHT OF TRANSIT COUNTRIES, VULNERABLE SOCIAL GROUPS AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED

19980610

The most effective way to contain the flow of drugs from poorer countries is to support their efforts towards sustainable economies, Ghana's Minister of the Interior told the General Assembly this afternoon as it continued its special session devoted to countering the world's drug problem together.

GA/SM/46

PRESIDENT OF ASSEMBLY'S SPECIAL SESSION CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO LAUNCH A NEW PHASE IN FIGHT AGAINST DRUG PROBLEM

10 June 1998


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GA/SM/46


PRESIDENT OF ASSEMBLY'S SPECIAL SESSION CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO LAUNCH A NEW PHASE IN FIGHT AGAINST DRUG PROBLEM

19980610 In Closing Statement Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine) Says States Demonstrated Unswerving Commitment to Eradicating Peril of Narcotic Drugs

Following is the closing statement by the President of the twentieth special session of the General Assembly, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine), at its final meeting:

SG/SM/6594

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CONCLUSION OF ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION MARKS NEW CHAPTER IN GLOBAL DRUG CONTROL

10 June 1998


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SG/SM/6594
GA/9424


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CONCLUSION OF ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION MARKS NEW CHAPTER IN GLOBAL DRUG CONTROL

19980610 Following is the text of the statement delivered by Pino Arlacchi, Executive Director of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP), on behalf of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the closing tonight of the twentieth special session of the General Assembly devoted to countering the world drug problem together:

SG/SM/6592

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR EARLY RESTORATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICAL DIALOGUE IN GUINEA-BISSAU

10 June 1998


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SG/SM/6592


SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR EARLY RESTORATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICAL DIALOGUE IN GUINEA-BISSAU

19980610 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has been following with growing concern developments in Guinea-Bissau, where on 7 June fighting erupted between government forces and army rebels.