Press Release

8 June 1998

Press Release
GA/SM/45

PRESIDENT OF ASSEMBLY'S SESSION ON DRUG PROBLEM STRESSES ENORMOUS COMPLEXITY OF ISSUE THAT CANNOT BE WISHED AWAY BY GOOD INTENTIONS

19980608 Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine) Notes Diminished Ideological Divide Provides for Cooperation between Producing and Consuming Nations

Following are the opening remarks of the President of the twentieth special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem, on 8 June:

8 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6588

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS YOUTH MUST JOIN IN FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS

19980608 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement at the presentation today of the "Vision from Banff" -- a document adopted at a youth non-governmental organizations forum on drug abuse prevention in April -- in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Silva of Sweden:

06/06/1998

Press Release SC/6528

Security Council

3890th Meeting (AM)

       SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS NUCLEAR TESTS BY INDIA AND PAKISTAN

           Resolution 1172 (1998) Unanimously Adopted; Pakistan Says

  It Had Been Left with No Choice but to Exercise Its Nuclear Option

5 June 1998

Press Release
DSG/SM/8
HR/4365

'WE ASSUME SOLEMN BURDEN OF MAKING THIS HOUSE A HOME AND A HAVEN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS', DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES AT OPENING OF PALAIS WILSON

19980605 If Human Rights Are to Play Constructive Role for Peace, They Must Protect Promise of Pluralism, Louise Fréchette Emphasizes

Following is the text of the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the opening of Palais Wilson, in Geneva today:

5 June 1998

Press Release
POP/670

WINNERS OF 1998 UNITED NATIONS POPULATION AWARD ANNOUNCED

19980605

NEW YORK, 5 June (UNFPA) -- The Sabiny Elders Association of Uganda, which dramatically curtailed female genital mutilation in its area of Uganda, and Dr. Hugh H. Wynter of Jamaica, a prominent leader in the Caribbean for family planning programmes, will share the 1998 United Nations Population Award.

5 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6584
AFR/70

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA FOR IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES

19980605 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

5 June 1998

Press Release
DSG/1

5 June 1998

Press Release
GA/PAL/781

5 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6582*

GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MEET

19980605 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

5 June 1998

Press Release
DSG/SM/7

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES SWITZERLAND'S GLOBAL CONTRIBUTION TO PEACEFUL CHANGE AT CELEBRATION OF 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF SWISS FEDERATION

19980605 Louise Frechette Says Switzerland Demonstrate That Pluralist Societies not Only Thrive on Their Own, but Enrich and Enlighten Entire World