Press Release

17 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6363

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S HANDS-ON APPROACH TO SITUATION IN ALBANIA IS MOST ENCOURAGING

19971017 In Message to Rome Ministerial Conference on Albania, Kofi Annan Says Albanians Are 'The Most Armed Citizens in Europe on a Per Capita Basis'

17 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2767

ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER STRESSED BY REPUBLIC OF KOREA IN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE

19971017 Organization's Reform Process Must Correct Neglect towards UN Agencies in Science and Technology Field

17 October 1997

Press Release
L/2840

17 October 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3169

FIFTH COMMITTEE BEGINS DISCUSSION TO DETERMINE STATES' CONTRIBUTION FOR 1998-2000, MONDAY, 20 OCTOBER

19971017 Background Release Eight Sets of Proposals on Scale Of Assessments Include Lowering Ceiling, Floor Rates

17 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SM/7
OBV/16

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS FOR REDOUBLING OF COMMITMENT TO ERADICATE POVERTY IN MESSAGE MARKING INTERNATIONAL DAY

19971017 Following is the message of the President of the General Assembly, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine), on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed today:

17 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6364

WELL-DEVELOPED TOURISM INDUSTRY CAN SERVE AS MAGNET TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND CREATE STABLE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN POOR COUNTRIES

19971017 Secretary-General Says in Message To Twelfth Assembly of World Tourism Organization in Istanbul

17 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9332/

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CAN BE HARMED BY GLOBALIZATION, STRUCTURAL READJUSTMENT DEMANDS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD ADDENDUM

19971017

In Press Release GA/9332 of 16 October, the following should be added at the end of page 13:

ION GORITA (Romania) said that his country subscribed to the statement by Luxembourg, on behalf of the European Union, but he wished to highlight a few specific points.

17 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3043

SPEAKERS CRITICIZE COERCIVE, UNILATERAL MEASURES TAKEN BY CERTAIN STATES AS LEGAL COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE ON LAW DECADE

19971017

As the Sixth Committee (Legal) this morning concluded its debate on the United Nations Decade of International Law (1990-1999), a number of representatives criticized coercive and unilateral measures taken by certain States and stressed that international law should be upheld.

17 October 1997

Press Release
L/2841

INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA CONFIRMS INDICTMENTS

19971017

ARUSHA, Tanzania, 17 October (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) -- The indictments of former Prime Minister of Rwanda, Jean Kambanda, and former Prefect of Butare, Sylvain Nsabimana, were confirmed yesterday. The two accused, arrested in Kenya last July during the Nairobi-Kigali operation, are presently detained in Arusha.

17 October 1997

Press Release
GA/DIS/3084

NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY PROMPTING NUCLEAR-WEAPON TECHNOLOGY RACE, INDIA TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

19971017 Says Loopholes in Treaty Being Exploited; Pakistan Calls India's Possession of Chemical Weapons 'Rude Surprise'