Press Release

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:

5 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9374/

WITHOUT CONSENSUS SUPPORT, ENLARGEMENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL WOULD BE 'FLAWED FROM THE START', ASSEMBLY TOLD

19971205 Speakers Stress Issues of Transparency, Working Methods, Equitable Representation, as Discussion of Council Reform Continues

CORRECTION

5 December 1997

Press Release
GA/SM/23
OBV/31

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SALUTES THOSE WHO GIVE TIME, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS TO HELP OTHERS, IN INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS DAY MESSAGE

19971205 Following is the text of a message by General Assembly President Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine), on the occasion of International Volunteers Day, 5 December:

In a world where self-interest often becomes a major motivating factor for human actions, examples of selfless giving take on particular significance.

5 December 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2805

ASSEMBLY WOULD DECIDE TO CONVENE TWO-DAY RESUMED SESSION OF SECOND COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, BY DRAFT APPROVED

19971205 Committee also Recommends Convening Third LDCs Conference in 2001, Meeting of Experts on Landlocked and Transit Countries in 1999 by Other Texts

5 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6416
AFR/33

5 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9374

WITHOUT CONSENSUS SUPPORT, ENLARGEMENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL WOULD BE 'FLAWED FROM THE START', ASSEMBLY TOLD

19971205 Speakers Stress Issues of Transparency, Working Methods, Equitable Representation, as Discussion of Council Reform Continues

5 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6414
OBV/32

5 December 1997

Press Release
DEV/2177

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

19971205 Tokyo Gathering, in May 1998, Will Aim to Devise Mechanisms For Municipalities Worldwide To Work Together towards `Eco-Society'