Press Release

18 June 1998

Press Release
DCF/340

IRAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER URGES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO ESTABLISH AD HOC COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

19980618 (Reissued as received.)

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:

18 June 1998

Press Release
SC/6532

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONCERNING SIERRA LEONE ADOPTS CONSOLIDATED GUIDELINES FOR ITS WORK

19980618 The following was issued today by the Security Council Committee concerning Sierra Leone:

18 June 1998

Press Release
L/2882

USE OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN CRIMINAL COURT'S DEFINITION OF WAR CRIMES, SAY SEVERAL CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

19980618 (Reissued as received from an Information Officer.)

18 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6601

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JEAN-PIERRE RITTER, OF SWITZERLAND, AS NEW THIRD MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON MISSING PERSONS IN CYPRUS

19980618 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

18 June 1998

Press Release
L/2883

UN CONFERENCE ON ESTABLISHING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CONCLUDES FOUR DAYS OF GENERAL STATEMENTS

19980618 Secretary-General's Representative Observes 'Clear Message of Commitment' towards Fulfilling Mandate of Session

(Reissued as received from an Information Officer.)

17 June 1998

Press Release
AFR/75
L/2880

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.)

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.)

17 June 1998

Press Release
GA/PAL/784

NORTH AMERICAN NGO SYMPOSIUM ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE CONCLUDES AT HEADQUARTERS, 15 - 17 JUNE

19980617

Issues relating to dispossession, closure, settlements and refugees were among those raised as the United Nations North American Non-Governmental Organization Symposium on the Question of Palestine concluded its session today.