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SEA/1578

SEABED COUNCIL RECEIVES MINING CODE DRAFT

24 March 1998


Press Release
SEA/1578


SEABED COUNCIL RECEIVES MINING CODE DRAFT

19980324 (Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

KINGSTON, 23 March -- A completed draft of the mining code that will regulate exploration for polymetallic nodules in the deep seabed was presented this morning to the Council of the International Seabed Authority, meeting in Kingston.

SG/SM/6502

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY HAS GREAT DEMOCRATIZING POWER WAITING TO BE HARNESSED TO GLOBAL STRUGGLE FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT

24 March 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6502
SAG/4


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY HAS GREAT DEMOCRATIZING POWER WAITING TO BE HARNESSED TO GLOBAL STRUGGLE FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT

19980324 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message, delivered yesterday by the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Vladimir Petrovsky, at the World Telecommunication Development Conference, in Valletta, Malta:

OBV/42

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

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.