Press Release

16 March 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3217

16 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6487/Rev.1*
HR/4355/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PREVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS MUST MARK TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

19980316 Addressing Opening of Human Rights Commission's Session, Stresses Need to Uphold Universal Declaration on Human Rights

Following is the text of the statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening of the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva:

16 March 1998

Press Release
DCF/328

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS ON SMALL ARMS TRAFFICKING, LANDMINES, WORK PROGRAMME

19980316 (Reissued as received.)

16 March 1998

Press Release
SC/6486

SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES RETURN OF DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF SIERRA LEONE, LIFTS PETROLEUM SANCTIONS

19980316 By Resolution 1156 (1998), Adopted Unanimously, Council Decides Also To Review Other Related Prohibitions

16 March 1998

Press Release
SOC/NAR/778

UNITED NATIONS ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMME LARGEST LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PROJECT IN LATIN AMERICA

19980316 (Reissued as received.)

16 March 1998

Press Release
L/2859

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE CONVENES FINAL SESSION BEFORE JUNE/JULY ROME CONFERENCE ON ESTABLISHING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

19980316

The Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court convened its sixth session this morning and immediately went into informal consultations on whether there should be instruments other than the statute of the court.

16 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6487
HR/4355

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PREVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS MUST MARK TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

19980316 Addressing Opening of Human Rights Commission's Session, Stresses Need to Uphold Universal Declaration on Human Rights

Following is the text of the statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening of the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva:

16 March 1998

Press Release
ECO/2

16 March 1998

Press Release
SG/A/676
BIO/3150

TOSHIYUKI NIWA OF JAPAN APPOINTED ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR CENTRAL SUPPORT SERVICES

19980316 Biographical Note Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

16 March 1998

Press Release
WOM/1050

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN URGES STATES TO ACCORD FULL AND EQUAL RIGHTS TO WOMEN TO OWN LAND AND OTHER PROPERTY

19980316 Approves 11 Other Texts, Including Draft Conclusions on Major Areas of Concern of 1995 World Women's Conference; Concludes Session