Press Release

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:

22 April 1998

Press Release
HR/CN/866

COMMISSION EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS IN CAMBODIA AND SOMALIA

19980422 Calls for Improvements in Haitian Judicial and Prison Systems; Also Passes Measures Condemning Terrorism, Violence against Women

(Reissued as received.)

22 April 1998

Press Release
ENV/DEV/470

COMMISSION CONCLUDES DISCUSSING ROLE OF INDUSTRY IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

19980422 Afternoon Discussion Focuses on Freshwater Management

Countries must assess the true value of water and put a price on it if they were going to ensure its efficient use, the Commission on Sustainable Development was told this afternoon as it concluded its discussion of the role of industry in freshwater management.

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.

22 April 1998

Press Release
HR/CN/867

22 April 1998

Press Release
HR/CN/865

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ESTABLISHES SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON FOREIGN DEBT BURDENS, RIGHT TO EDUCATION

19980422 Independent Expert Established on Extreme Poverty; Other Resolutions Condemn Trafficking in Women, Express Concern over Disappearances

(Reissued as received.)

22 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6534

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS GENUINE AND LASTING CONFLICT PREVENTION VITAL FOR ENSURING HUMAN SECURITY, UNITED NATIONS' CARDINAL MISSION

19980422 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's keynote address to the Conference on Preventing Deadly Conflict among Nations in the Twenty-first Century, at the University of California at Los Angeles today: