Press Release

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

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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

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19980325 Education Programme Seeks To Raise Awareness, Break Stranglehold of Outdated Customs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

24 March 1998

Press Release
HR/CN/827

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES UP STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS, FUNCTIONING OF UN HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES

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(Reissued as received.)

24 March 1998

Press Release
OBV/42
RD/883

ROUND-TABLE MEETING MARKS INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

19980324 (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 20 March (UN Information Service) -- United Nations officials and human-rights experts urged continued action and renewed commitment against bias this afternoon, at a round table marking the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

24 March 1998

Press Release
HR/CN/825

FOREIGN MINISTER OF CUBA ADDRESSES COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

19980324 Debate Begins on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

(Reissued as received.)

24 March 1998

Press Release
HR/CT/505

FEW BILLS AIMED AT CYPRUS' COMPLIANCE WITH COVENANT ON CIVIL, POLITICAL RIGHTS ENACTED INTO LAW TO DATE, HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TOLD

19980324 Members Cite Disparity between Promises, Achievements, in Country's Third Periodic Report

24 March 1998

Press Release
SOC/NAR/779

UNITED NATIONS RECEIVES OVER $1.7 MILLION FROM MONEY AND ASSETS SEIZED FROM DRUG-RELATED CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES

19980324 (Reissued as received; delayed in transmission.)