Press Release

3 June 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3228/

FIFTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERING FINANCING OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS CORRECTION

19980603

On the first page of Press Release GA/AB/3228 of 18 May 1998, the last sentence of the fourth paragraph, attributed to the representative of Israel, should read as follows:

3 June 1998

Press Release
DCF/337

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONTINUES DEBATE ON NUCLEAR TESTS IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN

19980603

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 2 June (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon continued its debate on the nuclear tests carried out in India and Pakistan.

3 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6580
SOC/NAR/783

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ELIMINATION OF DRUG CROPS BY YEAR 2008, IN VIDEO MESSAGE ON ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON DRUGS

19980603 Special Session Will Address Equal Responsibility Of Consumer, Producer Countries for First Time, He Stresses

Following is the text of a video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the twentieth special session of the General Assembly, to be held from 8 to 10 June:

3 June 1998

Press Release
ECO/5
SOC/4454

TOKYO DECLARATION BREAKS NEW GROUND IN INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO CULTIVATE 'ECO-SOCIETY' AT LOCAL LEVEL

19980603

(Delayed in transmission.)

3 June 1998

Press Release
DCF/336

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS CALLS FOR INDIA AND PAKISTAN TO STOP THEIR NUCLEAR TESTS AND TO ACCEDE TO NON-PROLIFERATION TREATIES

19980603 Thirty-four Countries Speak in Meeting Devoted to India and Pakistan's Nuclear Tests

(Reissued as received.)

2 June 1998

Press Release
AFR/69
HR/4363

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE SAYS SIERRA LEONE SHOULD BE PILOT PROJECT FOR CONCERTED RESPONSE TO NEEDS OF CHILDREN AFFECTED BY WAR

19980602 Poses Challenge to International Community at Conclusion of Four-Day Visit to Country

(Reissued as received from the Office of the Special Representative.)

2 June 1998

Press Release

2 June 1998

Press Release
GA/9407

ASSEMBLY DECIDES TO CONSIDER ELECTION OF JUDGES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS FOR RWANDA, FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

19980602

The General Assembly decided this morning to include in the agenda of its current session additional items on the election of judges of the International Criminal Tribunals in Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia.

1 June 1998

Press Release
GA/SM/43

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT WELCOMES SECRETARY-GENERAL'S EFFORTS TO ALLEVIATE SUFFERING OF POPULATION AFFECTED BY EARTHQUAKE IN AFGHANISTAN

19980601

The following statement was issued today by the spokesman for the President of the General Assembly, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine).

1 June 1998

Press Release
PAL/1860

LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN SEMINAR/NGO SYMPOSIUM ON PALESTINE CONCLUDES IN SANTIAGO

19980601 Calls for Boycott of Goods Made In Israeli Settlements on Palestinian Territory