Press Release

27 April 1998

Press Release
HR/CN/874

COMMISSION ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN BURUNDI, APPROVES CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT ON EAST TIMOR

19980427 Also Passes Measures on Organization of Work

(Reissued as received.)

27 April 1998

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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:

27 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6539
GA/9404

SECRETARY-GENERAL UPDATES ASSEMBLY ON UNITED NATIONS REFORM

19980427 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement delivered today at the General Assembly:

27 April 1998

Press Release
HR/CN/875

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION

19980427 Appoints Special Rapporteurs on Foreign Debt Burden, Right To Education; Establishes Working Group on Right to Development

(Reissued as received.)

27 April 1998

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GA/9403

27 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6540
CA/15

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF MONSIGNOR GERARDI, SENIOR HUMAN RIGHTS FIGURE, IN GUATEMALA CITY

19980427 Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms the assassination last night of Monsignor Juan Gerardi Conedera, Coordinator General of the Human Rights Office of the Archbishopric of Guatemala.

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:

24 April 1998

Press Release
SC/6507

SECURITY COUNCIL HEARS OAU CALL ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO BE MORE HUMAN AND PERSONAL RATHER THAN STATISTICAL IN DEALING WITH AFRICA

19980424 Debate on Secretary-General's Report on Africa Begins

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.)