Press Release

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

23 April 1998

Press Release
HR/CN/868

CHAIRMAN OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION EXPRESSES CONCERN AT KILLING OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER IN BOGOTA

19980423 Commission Concludes General Debate on Rights of Child, Begins Discussion on Follow-up to World Conference on Human Rights

(Reissued as received.)

23 April 1998

Press Release
ENV/DEV/471

23 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6535

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UNITED NATIONS OF TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY MUST BECOME GLOBAL CENTRE FOR VISIONARY AND EFFECTIVE PREVENTIVE ACTION

19980423 Addressing 'Challenge of Conflict Prevention' at Rice University, Texas, Kofi Annan Says Promise of Prevention Must not Be Deferred

23 April 1998

Press Release
HR/CN/869

COMMISSION COMPLETES DEBATE ON FOLLOW-UP TO CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS; CONCLUDES SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION FOR 1998 SESSION

19980423 (Reissued as received.)

23 April 1998

Press Release
ENV/DEV/472

23 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6536
AFR/52

SECRETARY-GENERAL, EMPHASIZING IMPORTANCE OF DUE PROCESS, EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER EXECUTIONS ANNOUNCED BY RWANDAN GOVERNMENT

19980423 The following statement, concerning the announced intention of the Government of Rwanda to execute more than 20 persons found guilty of genocide in that country, was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

23 April 1998

Press Release
DC/2605

SECOND SESSION OF PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW CONFERENCE OF PARTIES TO NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY, GENEVA, 27 APRIL - 8 MAY

19980423 Background Release (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 22 April (UN Information Service) -- The Preparatory Committee for the year 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will hold its second session in Geneva from 27 April to 8 May.

23 April 1998

Press Release
REC/26

ESCAP CALLS FOR GREATER COOPERATION IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION TO GUARD AGAINST MORE ECONOMIC TURMOIL

19980423 Fifty-Fourth Annual Session Concludes

BANGKOK, 22 April (UN Information Services) -- The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) called for greater regional economic cooperation to safeguard against more economic turmoil, as it concluded its fifty-fourth annual session here today.

22 April 1998

Press Release
SC/6506

SECURITY COUNCIL STRONGLY SUPPORTS AGREEMENT ON CEASEFIRE, EFFECTIVE 30 APRIL, TO BOUGAINVILLE CONFLICT

19980422 In Presidential Statement, Council Welcomes Establishment of Group To Monitor Agreement's Implementation

The Security Council this afternoon expressed strong support for an agreement on a ceasefire to the nine-year-old conflict in Bougainville, effective 30 April.