Press Release

27 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6541*

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS OF UNITED NATIONS WORK, IN KEYNOTE ADDRESS

19980427 Speaks on "Challenge of Diversity" at Event By Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding

Following is the text of the keynote address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on "The Challenge of Diversity" for the Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum Memorial Lecture, to be delivered this evening at the Park Avenue Synagogue, New York:

24 April 1998

Press Release
HR/CN/872

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TAKES ACTION ON RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT, CHILDREN'S RIGHTS, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION TO MILITARY SERVICE, HOSTAGE TAKING

19980424

(Reissued as received.)

24 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6538
AFR/53

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES WITH GREAT RELIEF SAFE RELEASE OF RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT WORKERS IN SOMALIA

19980424 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was greatly relieved to hear of the safe release this morning of the 10 Red Cross/Red Crescent workers taken hostage in Somalia a week ago.

24 April 1998

Press Release
HR/CN/870

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ABUSES BY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, ISRAEL, MYANMAR, NIGERIA, IRAQ AND SUDAN

19980424

(Reissued as received.)

24 April 1998

Press Release
SC/6508

DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, GLOBALIZATION, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, PEACE, POVERTY, DEBT AMONG ISSUES RAISED AS SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES SITUATION IN AFRICA

19980424 Day-long Debate Addressed by 52 Speakers

24 April 1998

Press Release
ENV/DEV/473

NEGOTIATING TEXTS INTRODUCED IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

19980424

The Commission on Sustainable Development this morning heard the introduction of negotiating texts for consideration by its three drafting groups, which will be preparing draft decisions on such issues as freshwater management, small island developing States, industry, consumer protection and capacity-building.

24 April 1998

Press Release
HR/CN/873

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER SITUATIONS IN IRAN, FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

19980424 (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 22 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights voiced concern this afternoon over situations in Iran and the former Yugoslavia, approving texts that for days or even weeks had been the subject of energetic negotiations.

24 April 1998

Press Release
HR/CN/871

COMMISSION URGES HUMAN RIGHTS IMPROVEMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN, RWANDA, EQUATORIAL GUINEA

19980424 (Reissued as received.)

24 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6537

24 April 1998

Press Release
GA/SM/37

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS FOR UNITED NATIONS CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT IN TACKLING CONSEQUENCES OF CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT

19980424 Following is the text of the message of the President of the General Assembly, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine), on the occasion of the twelfth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster: