Press Release

24 June 1998

Press Release
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.

24 June 1998

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HR/4372
OBV/51

24 June 1998

Press Release
WOM/1058

EXPERT MEMBERS OF WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE DISCUSS SOUTH AFRICA'S REPORT, EXPRESS SPECIAL CONCERN

19980624 Regarding Violence against Women and Plight of Rural Women

23 June 1998

Press Release
WOM/1055

23 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6609

ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS ARE QUINTESSENTIAL 'PROBLEMS WITHOUT PASSPORTS', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS

19980623 Aarhus, Denmark, 23-25 June

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Fourth Pan-European Conference on Environment Ministers, "Environment for Europe", delivered on his behalf by Yves Berthelot, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe:

23 June 1998

Press Release
WOM/1056

23 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6610
OBV/50

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO GOVERNMENTS AND MEMBERS OF CIVIL SOCIETY TO TAKE ACTION TO DEFEAT TORTURE AND TORTURERS EVERYWHERE

19980623 ADVANCE RELEASE Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June:

23 June 1998

Press Release
DSG/SM/10

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS MICROFINANCE POWERFUL INSTRUMENT IN HELPING PEOPLE TO HELP THEMSELVES

19980623

Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette's statement delivered today at the opening of the fifth consultative meeting of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest:

22 June 1998

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SG/SM/6607
AFR/78

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES IN BURUNDI

19980622 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

22 June 1998

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SAG/6
UNEP/30