Press Release

5 March 1998

Press Release
WOM/1040

5 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6477

SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTRAGED BY NEWS OF BOMB BLAST IN COLOMBO

19980305 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is outraged by the news of a bomb blast today in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, which has killed and injured a large number of civilians, including children.

5 March 1998

Press Release
GA/SM/33

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT APPALLED BY BOMBING IN COLOMBO

19980305 The following statement was issued today by the spokesman for the President of the General Assembly, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine):

The President of the General Assembly was shocked to learn about the bomb explosion today in the capital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of a large number of innocent people, including children.

5 March 1998

Press Release
WOM/1038

5 March 1998

Press Release
OBV/37
WOM/1039

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES WOMEN TO RECOMMIT TO REALIZATION OF EQUAL RIGHTS OF MEN AND WOMEN AS ENSHRINED IN CHARTER

19980305 International Women's Day Panel Focuses on Women and Human Rights

4 March 1998

Press Release
IHA/652

4 March 1998

Press Release
WOM/1036

4 March 1998

Press Release
PAL/1855

UN EUROPEAN NGO SYMPOSIUM ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE, HELD IN BRUSSELS, DISCUSSES NGO ACTION IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN RIGHTS

19980304 (Reproduced as received; delayed in transmission.)

4 March 1998

Press Release
GA/9394
WOM/1037

4 March 1998

Press Release
WOM/1035