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WOM/1057

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF SOUTH AFRICA'S INITIAL REPORT

24 June 1998


Press Release
WOM/1057


WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF SOUTH AFRICA'S INITIAL REPORT

19980624

Despite the legacy of discrimination and underdevelopment of the apartheid regime, South Africa had made significant achievements in promoting the equality of women, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was told this morning, as that country presented its first-ever report.

SC/6534

COUNCIL DECIDES PREVIOUSLY SPECIFIED MEASURES AGAINST UNITA SHALL COME INTO FORCE ON 1 JULY, INSTEAD OF 25 JUNE

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.

SG/SM/6609

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

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: