Press Release

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

9 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9378

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEFERS ACTION ON PROPOSAL TO ENHANCE STATUS OF PALESTINE OBSERVER AT UNITED NATIONS

19971209 Text Withdrawn after Vote Fails to Nullify Amendment; Six Resolutions Adopted on Question of Palestine, Situation in Middle East

9 December 1997

Press Release
HR/4346
OBV/33

IN HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MESSAGE, HIGH COMMISSIONER SAYS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION MUST BE GIVEN PRACTICAL EFFECT

19971209 Following is a message by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December:

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

8 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6418/Rev.1*

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

19971208

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:

8 December 1997

Press Release
DEV/2178

CONFERENCE ON PROMOTING ETHICS IN PUBLIC SERVICE IN BRASILIA 8-11 DECEMBER

19971208 National Ethics Initiative, UN Efforts against Corruption; Role of Private Sector and Civil Society in Promoting Ethics among Topics

8 December 1997

Press Release
REC/15

COMMITTEE FOR TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO DEVELOP INFRASTRUCTURE IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION

19971208

Four-day Session Concludes, 4 December

8 December 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3201

FIFTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERING IMPLICATIONS OF REFORM PROPOSALS ON UNITED NATIONS BUDGET AND PROGRAMMES

19971208 Seabed Authority Recommended For Admission in Joint Staff Pension Fund