Press Release

25 March 1998

Press Release
HR/CT/506

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF ZIMBABWE'S INITIAL REPORT ON ITS COMPLIANCE WITH COVENANT ON CIVIL, POLITICAL RIGHTS

19980325 Also, Experts Call for Resolution Urging High Commissioner For Human Rights to Address Committee's Critical Staffing Needs

25 March 1998

Press Release
SC/6492

SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES SALE OF IRAQ OIL TO OFFSET SHORTFALL IN REVENUES RESULTING FROM DELAY IN OIL SALES, DROP IN OIL PRICES

19980325 Resolution 1158 (1998) Adopted Unanimously

25 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6504/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR ISRAEL AND HER ADVERSARIES TO COMMIT THEMSELVES TO COMPREHENSIVE PEACE

19980325 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address on "Israel and the United Nations" to the Israel Foreign Relations Council and the United Nations Association of Israel, in Jerusalem today:

25 March 1998

Press Release
OS/1736

UN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPIN-OFF BENEFITS OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY TO BE HELD IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, 30 MARCH - 3 APRIL

19980325

VIENNA, 24 March (UN Information Service) -- Ways to benefit from space technology, including the creation of new industries, the development of useful products and the facilitation of many daily tasks, will be the focus of an international conference to be held in Tampa, Florida, from 30 March to 3 April.

25 March 1998

Press Release
SEA/1580

SEABED ASSEMBLY DISCUSSES COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP; SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION GETS OBSERVER STATUS

19980325

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

25 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6505

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IT IS LONG PAST TIME FOR ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MOVE OSLO PROCESS FORWARD

19980325 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's toast delivered in Jerusalem today, at a luncheon hosted by the Speaker of the Knesset, Dan Tichon:

25 March 1998

Press Release
HR/CT/507

CULTURAL PATTERNS HINDER ZIMBABWE'S EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT COVENANT ON CIVIL, POLITICAL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TOLD

19980325 Education Programme Seeks To Raise Awareness, Break Stranglehold of Outdated Customs

25 March 1998

Press Release
SC/6493

SECURITY COUNCIL STRESSES UTMOST IMPORTANCE OF FREE, FAIR AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS IN HAITI

19980325 Presidential Statement Supports Secretary-General's Appeal for Haitian Authorities to Resolve Country's Political Impasse

25 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6504

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR ISRAEL AND HER ADVERSARIES TO COMMIT THEMSELVES TO COMPREHENSIVE PEACE

19980325 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address on "Israel and the United Nations" to the Israel Foreign Relations Council and the United Nations Association of Israel, in Jerusalem today:

25 March 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3222