Press Release

9 January 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6432

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT MIDDLE EAST IN FEBRUARY

19980109 Following is the text of a statement attributable to a spokesman for the Secretary-General:

9 January 1998

Press Release
SC/6465

CHALLENGE OF CRISES IN AFRICA DOMINATES SECURITY COUNCIL WORK IN 1997

19980109

On 25 September 1997, the Security Council held the third ministerial- level meeting convened in its history, providing a high-level forum for discussion of the situation in Africa, in a year when events in that continent were a major focus of its work.

8 January 1998

Press Release
SC/6464

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON SIERRA LEONE ISSUES LIST OF JUNTA MEMBERS AFFECTED BY SANCTIONS

19980108 The following was issued today by the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1997) concerning Sierra Leone:

7 January 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6431
AFG/76

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES TALIBAN ATTACKS ON BAMIYAN AIRFIELD, STOPPING EMERGENCY FOOD DELIVERY, ENDANGERING WORKERS

19980107 Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

6 January 1998

Press Release
SC/6463

SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS COMMITTEES ELECTS OFFICERS FOR 1998

19980106 NEW YORK, 6 January (Department of Political Affairs) -- On 6 January, the President of the Security Council, Alain Dejammet (France), convened meetings of the Council's Sanctions Committees, which are composed of all members of the Council, to elect their respective bureaux for 1998.

The composition of the elected bureaux is as follows:

5 January 1998

Press Release
SG/A/659*
HR/4352

5 January 1998

Press Release
ORG/1261

MEMBERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL UNITED NATIONS ORGANS IN 1998 GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19980105 The General Assembly is composed of all 185 United Nations Member States. The States, and the dates on which they became Members, are listed in Press Release ORG/1250, issued 9 October 1997.

SECURITY COUNCIL

5 January 1998

Press Release
SC/6462

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN JANUARY

19980105 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of United Nations security bodies for January:

Security Council

Alain Dejammet (France) succeeds Fernando Berrocal Soto (Costa Rica) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

5 January 1998

Press Release
ORG/1260
SOC/4429

31 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6430
OBV/36

MEETING GOALS OF BIODIVERSITY CONVENTION IS NOT MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, BUT 'MISSION IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE'

19971231 Says Secretary-General in Message On Occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, 29 December: