Press Release

2 March 1998

Press Release
WOM/1031

SPEAKERS CALL FOR URGENT ACTION TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST GIRL CHILD AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, AS DEBATE IN WOMEN'S COMMISSION CONTINUES

19980302 Human Rights of Women, Women and Armed Conflict Also Discussed

2 March 1998

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SG/SM/6475
IK/244

2 March 1998

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PAL/1854

CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE HEARS CALLS FOR RELAUNCHING OF PEACE PROCESS

19980302 Speakers Also Stress Need to Mobilize International Public Opinion to Ensure Respect for Rights of Palestinian People

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27 February 1998

Press Release
L/2857

AD HOC COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED TO ELABORATE NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION CONCLUDES SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

19980227 Draft Convention Submitted to Working Group of Sixth Committee

27 February 1998

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SG/SM/6474

UNITED NATIONS CANNOT ACHIEVE GOALS WITHOUT 'RICH TAPESTRY' OF PARTNERSHIP, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO LIONS CLUBS

19980227 Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the twentieth annual Lions Day with the United Nations, observed at Headquarters in New York on 27 February, delivered on his behalf by the Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations, Gillian Sorensen:

27 February 1998

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ICJ/553

REJECTING UNITED STATES OBJECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ESTABLISHES JURISDICTION, ADMITS LIBYAN CLAIMS IN LOCKERBIE CASE

19980227 Court Will Proceed To Consider Merits of Case

27 February 1998

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POP/664

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT CONCLUDES THIRTY-FIRST SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS, 23-27 FEBRUARY

19980227 Acts on Texts on Health and Mortality, Population Census Activities, 1999 Review and Implementation of Cairo Conference Programme of Action

27 February 1998

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AFR/40
IHA/650

27 February 1998

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ORG/1264

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN MARCH

19980227 The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held beginning in March, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

19 January-27 March Conference on Disarmament, first part, Geneva

27 February 1998

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WOM/1029