Press Release

18 May 1998

Press Release
GA/SM/40

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS FOR STRENGTHENING OF COMMERCIAL COOPERATION AMONG COUNTRIES BASED ON MUTUAL BENEFIT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

19980518 In Message to WTO Second Ministerial Conference on Occasion Of Fiftieth Anniversary of International Multilateral Trading System

18 May 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3228

18 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6564

GREATEST THREAT TO GLOBAL UNITY IS 'THAT WE FAIL TO SEE BEYOND OURSELVES', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CLEVELAND COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

19980518 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Kofi Annan Stresses Most of Today's Major Problems Cannot be Addressed by Any Single Nation Acting Alone

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Cleveland Council on Foreign Relations, in Cleveland, Ohio, today:

18 May 1998

Press Release
DC/2606/

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION CONCLUDES SESSION WITHOUT AGREEMENT ON ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON DISARMAMENT

19980518 CORRECTION

In Press Release DC/2606 of 28 April the last paragraph on page 10, which continues on page 11, should read as follows:

15 May 1998

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DCF/333

COUNTRIES IN DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE CALL ON INDIA TO ADHERE TO TEST-BAN AND NON-PROLIFERATION TREATIES

19980515

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 14 May (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon heard further statements of condemnation of the underground nuclear tests conducted by India earlier this week.

15 May 1998

Press Release
GA/PAL/780

OBSERVER FOR PALESTINE SAYS RACIST ATTITUDE TOWARDS PALESTINIAN PEOPLE SHOULD BE CONDEMNED

19980515 Cites Official Israeli Response to Killing Yesterday of Eight Palestinians By Israeli Forces

15 May 1998

Press Release
SEA/1587

STATES PARTIES TO LAW OF SEA CONVENTION TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS, 18 - 22 MAY

19980515 Background Release

To Discuss Budget of Tribunal, Issues Concerning Commission on Continental Shelf

15 May 1998

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GA/9406

15 May 1998

Press Release
HR/4362

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES SPRING SESSION

19980515

Recommendations for Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Poland and Netherlands Issued; Adopts Comments on Guidelines for UN Development Assistance Framework

(Reissued as received.)

15 May 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5757

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HEARS FROM HEADS OF REGIONAL COMMISSIONS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF FOLLOW-UP TO UN CONFERENCES AND SUMMITS

19980515 Uncertainty in Availability of Financial Resources Cited among Major Problems Hampering Follow-up Process