Press Release

8 April 1998

Press Release
REC/24

ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIES SHOULD BE FORWARD-LOOKING; CAREFUL POLICY CHOICES URGED

19980408 1998 Asia-Pacific Economic and Social Survey Says Current Crisis Should Not Undermine Development Plans,

BANGKOK, 8 April (UN Information Services) -- The preoccupation with the current economic crisis in several Asian countries should not undermine their commitment to the fundamental objective of long-term development: growth with equity.

8 April 1998

Press Release
DC/2602

DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA CALLS FOR SECURITY ASSURANCES FROM UNITED STATES ON THREAT OR USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

19980408 Calls for United Nations Action to End Confrontational Relations in Korean Peninsula

8 April 1998

Press Release
HR/CT/515

CONSOLIDATION OF REPORTS TO TREATY BODIES, POSSIBLE MERGER OF TREATY BODIES TO CONSIDER COMBINED REPORTS DISCUSSED BY HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS

19980408 Human Rights Committee Considers Working Methods, Contributions to Fiftieth Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights

6 April 1998

Press Release
DC/2601

CUBA'S REPRESENTATIVE LINKS RATIFICATION OF TLATELOLCO TREATY TO IMPROVED RELATIONS WITH UNITED STATES

19980406 Addressing Disarmament Commission, Calls for End to United States Restrictions against Cuba

6 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6516

SECRETARY-GENERAL, SPEAKING IN KINGSTON, IDENTIFIES HUMAN RIGHTS, DRUGS, ENVIRONMENT, AMONG PRESSING CHALLENGES AHEAD

19980406 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement delivered today at the University of the West Indies, Kingston:

6 April 1998

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SG/A/678
BIO/3151

6 April 1998

Press Release
POP/667

1998 'YEAR OF SAFE MOTHERHOOD'; UNFPA, FIVE OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES SEEK TO SLASH HALF MILLION ANNUAL MATERNAL DEATHS

19980406

(Reissued as received.)

6 April 1998

Press Release
SG/T/2129

SECRETARY-GENERAL VISITS UNITED KINGDOM, 2 TO 4 APRIL

19980406

The Secretary-General arrived in London from Beijing in the afternoon of Thursday, 2 April.

6 April 1998

Press Release
DC/2600

EUROPEAN UNION ENCOURAGES ARMS EXPORTERS TO ADOPT CODE OF CONDUCT, AS DISARMAMENT COMMISSION BEGINS SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

19980406 Also, Chairman Announces Ratification Today By United Kingdom, France, of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban

6 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6515
OBV/43

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RENEWED COMMITMENT TO WOMEN'S HEALTH DURING PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH

19980406 In Message on Occasion of World Health Day, Kofi Annan Pays Tribute to Founders of WHO and All Those Working for Healthier World

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World Health Day, 7 April: