Press Release

10 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SPD/118

UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING REMAINS CRUCIAL, IN VIEW OF EFFECTS OF CONFLICTS ON NEIGHBOURING STATES, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19971110 Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Cites Far-Reaching Role Played by Organization's Operations

10 November 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6389

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES 'BREAKTHROUGH' IN IMPASSE WHICH FACED INVESTIGATIVE TEAM IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

19971110 Expresses Appreciation to President Kabila, U.S. Ambassador Richardson

This statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

10 November 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3188

PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS BUDGET SHOULD BE INCREASED, SAY SPEAKERS IN FIFTH COMMITTEE

19971110 Committee Concludes Discussion of 1998-1999 Budget Parts Devoted to Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Public Information

10 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3436/

ARMED ELEMENTS MUST BE REMOVED FROM REFUGEE CAMPS, REPRESENTATIVE OF RWANDA TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S THIRD COMMITTEE CORRECTION

19971110

In page 4 of Press Release GA/SHC/3436 of 4 November, the last sentence in the summary of the statement by YAMINA BENNANI AKHAMLICH (Morocco) should be deleted, and the following should be added:

10 November 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6387
AFR/27

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES THAT DELIVERY OF ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF FLOOD EMERGENCY IN SOMALIA DEPENDS ON SUPPORT OF FACTION LEADERS

19971110

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

10 November 1997

Press Release
GA/9342/

DELEGATES STRESS NEED FOR TOLERANCE, EQUALITY, RESPECT FOR LIFE AS ASSEMBLY OPENS DEBATE ON CREATING `CULTURE OF PEACE' CORRECTION

19971110

In Press Release GA/9342 of 31 October, the first paragraph on page 5 should be deleted and replaced by the following:

10 November 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2790

ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS IS FIRMLY LOCATED IN PRIVATE SECTOR, REVOLVING AROUND MARKET, NOT GOVERNMENT FAILURE, SAYS UNCTAD SECRETARY-GENERAL

19971110 Addressing Economic and Financial Committee, Rubens Ricupero Says Financial Crisis Will Mean Slowdown in World Growth

10 November 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2788/

BINDING TARGETS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION MUST BE ADOPTED IN KYOTO, JAPAN TELLS ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE CORRECTION

19971110

In Press Release GA/EF/2788 of 7 November the first two sentences of the fourth paragraph in page 4, summarizing the statement of the representative of Turkey, BURAK OZUGERGIN, should read as follows:

10 November 1997

Press Release
AFR/26
POP/653

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND OPENS AFRICA MEETING

19971110 HARARE, 10 November (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) opened its biennial regional meeting for Africa in Harare this morning.

The meeting, which comes three years after the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in 1994, is taking place at a critical time in the history of population development in Africa.

10 November 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3189

FIFTH COMMITTEE IS TOLD OF MEDIA REPORTS OF 'IMPROPER ACTIVITIES' IDENTIFIED WITHIN UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM

19971110 Norway Says Talk of 'Petty Criminality' Hard to Recognize by Those Who Know World Body; Oversight Office Is Asked To Offer 'Balanced Picture'