Press Release

1 June 1998

Press Release

1 June 1998

Press Release
SC/6525

NEW CHAIRMAN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN JUNE

19980601 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for June:

Security Council

António Monteiro (Portugal) succeeds Njuguna M. Mahugu (Kenya) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

1 June 1998

Press Release
PAL/1859

 

LATIN AMERICANS URGED TO AID PALESTINE, AT UN SEMINAR/SYMPOSIUM

19980601

SANTIAGO, 27 May (Division for Palestinian Rights) -- Latin America and the Caribbean must go beyond sympathetic speeches and take tangible steps towards supplying support and aid to the Palestinian cause, said participants on the third day of an international seminar on the question of Palestine, being held in Santiago, Chile.

1 June 1998

Press Release
PAL/1858

ISRAELI POLICY IN PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES SEVERELY CRITICIZED AT SEMINAR/SYMPOSIUM ON PALESTINE QUESTION

19980601 (Delayed in transmission.)

1 June 1998

Press Release
PAL/1856

UN LATIN AMERICAN/CARIBBEAN SEMINAR AND NGO SYMPOSIUM ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE OPENS IN SANTIAGO

19980601

(Delayed in transmission.)

1 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6578

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES COMMITMENT TO EXTEND ALL UN EFFORTS TO RELIEVE SUFFERING OF POPULATION AFFECTED BY EARTHQUAKE IN AFGHANISTAN

19980601

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

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

30 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6577

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON PAKISTAN TO JOIN INDIA IN DECLARING MORATORIUM ON FUTURE NUCLEAR WEAPON TESTS

19980530 Dismayed by Sixth Test by Pakistan

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

29 May 1998

Press Release
IAEA/1321

IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL, REGRETTING NUCLEAR TESTS BY INDIA AND PAKISTAN, CALLS FOR UTMOST RESTRAINT

19980529

The following statement was issued today in Vienna by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):

Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei deeply regrets the recent nuclear tests by India and Pakistan.