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29 May 1998

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GA/AB/3234

FIFTH COMMITTEE SUSPENDS FINAL MEETING OF RESUMED SESSION FOR FURTHER CONSULTATIONS ON GRATIS PERSONNEL AND SUPPORT ACCOUNT

19980529 Texts on Financing of Peacekeeping Operations Approved; Amounts to Be Appropriated Held in Abeyance

29 May 1998

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STAT/438

29 May 1998

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SEA/1589

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON LAW OF SEA CONCLUDE EIGHTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS, 18-23 MAY

19980529 Approves Budget of Tribunal

29 May 1998

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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.

29 May 1998

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DCF/335

PAKISTAN WARNS IN DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE OF MASSIVE RETALIATION IF NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS ATTACKED

19980529 (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 28 May (UN Information Service) -- Pakistan told the Conference on Disarmament this morning that an Indian attack on its nuclear facilities would warrant a "swift and massive retaliation with unforeseen consequences".

29 May 1998

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SOC/NAR/782

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD CONCLUDES SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION, VIENNA, 18-29 MAY

19980529 Agrees to Focus 1998 Annual Report on Assessing Past, Present and Future of International Drug Regulatory Control

(Reissued as received.)

28 May 1998

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DSG/SM/6

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, SPEAKING OF REFORM AND RENEWAL, HIGHLIGHTS WAYS UN ADAPTS TO NEW CHALLENGES

19980528 Says United Nations Today, in Fundamental Respects, Is 'New Institution', in Address to Foreign Policy Association

Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette's address, delivered yesterday, 27 May, at the Foreign Policy Association:

28 May 1998

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SC/6522/Rev.1*

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES AD HOC WORKING GROUP TO REVIEW SECRETARY-GENERAL'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON MAINTENANCE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY IN AFRICA

19980528 Resolution 1170 (1998) Adopted Unanimously; Working Group, Comprised of All Council Members, To Convene for Six Months

28 May 1998

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OS/1738

COMMITTEE ON PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE TO HOLD FORTY-FIRST SESSION IN VIENNA FROM 3-12 JUNE

19980528 Background Release To Finalize All Organizational and Procedural Aspects of 1999 Vienna UNISPACE III, To Discuss Proposals on Improving Adherence to Existing Space Laws

(Reissued as received.)

28 May 1998

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SG/SM/6576

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO INDIA AND PAKISTAN TO REDUCE TENSIONS IN REGION, ESPECIALLY IN KASHMIR

19980528 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan: