Press Release

16 October 1997

Press Release
FAO/3650
UNEP/12

15 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9330

ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZES $4.2 MILLION TO CLEAR INVENTORY BACKLOG AT UNITED NATIONS LOGISTICS BASE IN BRINDISI, ITALY

19971015 Also Authorizes $812,000 Monthly Commitment To Maintain Base from 16 October 1997 - 30 June 1998

15 October 1997

Press Release
HQ/578

15 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2764

PLIGHT OF LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN GLOBALIZATION CONTEXT STRESSED BY SPEAKERS IN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE

19971015 Special Needs of Small Island States and of Those Affected by Economic Sanctions against their Neighbours also Discussed

15 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6359

AS GUIDE TO FUTURE, HISTORY MUST BE SEEN THROUGH 'MORAL PRISM', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO BENEFIT DINNER IN NEW YORK

19971015 Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fourth annual benefit dinner, hosted by Lehman Brothers, for the Facing History and Ourselves programme, delivered in New York on 14 October.

15 October 1997

Press Release
GA/DIS/3082

DIVERGENT APPROACHES TOWARDS NUCLEAR-WEAPON ELIMINATION HIGHLIGHTED IN FIRST COMMITTEE DEBATE

19971015 Some Speakers Cite Success of Bilateral Negotiations, Others Say Process of Achieving Elimination Must Be Multilateral

15 October 1997

Press Release
HR/CT/498

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE BEGINS NEW SESSION IN GENEVA, REPORTS ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS IMPLEMENTATION

19971015 Background Release Senegal, Jamaica, Iraq, Sudan, Belarus, and Lithuania Will be Considered

15 October 1997

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AFR/21
SC/6428*

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON SIERRA LEONE HOLDS FIRST MEETING

19971015 Council Resolution 1132 (1997) Asked Committee To Supervise Oil and Arms Embargo, Travel Restrictions on Military Junta

15 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3042

LEGAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PLANS TO MARK CENTENNIAL, IN 1999, OF FIRST INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE

19971015 Draft Resolution Would Invite Netherlands and Russian Federation to Work on Programme of Action for Worldwide Observances

15 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6360
OBV/14

SOME ENJOY UNIMAGINED WEALTH, OTHERS STILL ENDURE INTOLERABLE DEPRIVATION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, OBSERVING DAY FOR POVERTY ERADICATION

19971015 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed on 17 October 1997.