Press Release

9 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6418

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES PARTNERSHIP OF UNITED NATIONS, ISLAMIC CONFERENCE IN ADDRESS TO EIGHTH ISLAMIC SUMMIT

19971209 ADVANCE RELEASE Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the eighth summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Tehran, Iran on 9 December:

9 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9377

GENERAL ASSEMBLY URGES HALT TO QUALITATIVE NUCLEAR WEAPON IMPROVEMENT, CALLS FOR ELIMINATION OF SUCH WEAPONS IN SPECIFIC TIME FRAME

19971209

Adopts 43 Resolutions, 2 Decisions on First Committee Recommendation; Texts Address Wide Range of Disarmament, International Security Issues

9 December 1997

Press Release
HR/4345

9 December 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2806

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES SIX DRAFTS ON DEVELOPMENT MATTERS BY VOTE

19971209

9 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6419
OBV/34

`ONLY AS RIGHTS EQUALLY APPLIED CAN THEY BE RIGHTS UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED', SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN STATEMENT AT UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN

19971209 ADVANCE TEXT Universal Declaration of Human Rights Illuminates Global Pluralism and Diversity

8 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9371/

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD OF INTERNATIONAL CONCERN TO CONTAIN 'EXPLOSIVE SITUATION' IN MIDDLE EAST CORRECTION

19971208

On page 5 of Press Release GA/9371 of 3 December, on the General Assembly's consideration of the situation in the Middle East, the second sentence of the third paragraph of the statement by Jordan should read, as follows:

8 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6417

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, ON 4 DECEMBER

19971208

8 December 1997

Press Release
DEV/2177/

PREPARATIONS UNDER WAY FOR UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN HARMONY WITH ENVIRONMENT CORRECTION

19971208

In Press Release DEV/2177 of 5 December 1997, the second paragraph on the first page should read:

8 December 1997

Press Release
HR/4344
PI/1045

HUMAN RIGHTS ARE UNIVERSAL, INDIVISIBLE, INTERDEPENDENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISTS' ROUND TABLE

19971208 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Says Universal Declaration Of Human Rights Is 'a Living Document', Calls for Rededication to Its Tenets

8 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9376

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD RWANDA TRIBUNAL, SMALLER THAN COUNTERPART FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, IMPORTANT FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION

19971208 Delegates Contend Work of Both Bodies Should Presage Permanent International Criminal Court; Situation in Central America also Discussed