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1998 United Nations Government News & Press Releases |
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31st December, 1998
SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS UNITA LEADER RESPOND IMMEDIATELY TO UN APPEALS TO SEARCH AND RESCUE POSSIBLE SURVIVORS OF FLIGHT 806
Resolution 1219 (1998), Unanimously Adopted, Condemns Absence Of Actions to Determine Fate of Crew and Passengers aboard 26 December Crash Expressing concern in the strongest terms at the crash of United Nations flight 806 and at the disappearance of other aircraft reportedly over territory controlled by the National Union for the...
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29th December, 1998
SECURITY COUNCIL ENCOURAGES SECRETARY-GENERAL TO EXPLORE POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING POST-CONFLICT PEACE-BUILDING STRUCTURES
Presidential Statement Underlines Need for Long-Term Approach In United Nations Decision-Making to Ensure Lasting Solutions to Conflicts Stressing the need for preventing the resurgence of conflict, the Security Council this afternoon encouraged the Secretary-General to explore the possibility of establishing post-conflict peace-building...
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23rd December, 1998
SECURITY COUNCIL CONCLUDES DEBATE ON MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND SECURITY AND POST-CONFLICT PEACE-BUILDING
Speakers Call for Closer Coordination among UN Bodies In Peace-Building Efforts, Stress Need to Address Root Causes of Conflicts Closer coordination between the Security Council and the General Assembly in post-conflict peace-building efforts were among the issues discussed this afternoon, as the Council concluded a debate on "maintenance...
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23rd December, 1998
SECURITY COUNCIL DEPLORES SERIOUS DETERIORATION OF SITUATION IN ANGOLA, CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES
Presidential Statement Reaffirms Council's Commitment To Preserve Angola's Unity, Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity Deploring the serious deterioration of the situation in Angola, the Security Council this afternoon called for an immediate cessation of hostilities, and reaffirmed its firm commitment to preserve the unity, sovereignty...
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22nd December, 1998
SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNFICYP MANDATE FOR FURTHER SIX MONTHS UNTIL 30 JUNE 1999 BY RESOLUTION 1217 (1998)
Also Adopts Resolution 1218 (1998) Requesting Compliance With Objectives of Secretary-General's Good Offices Mission in Cyprus The Security Council this afternoon unanimously adopted two resolutions on Cyprus, one extending the mandate of United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) for a further six months until 30 June...
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21st December, 1998
SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR URGENT ESTABLISHMENT OF GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY IN GUINEA-BISSAU
Resolution 1216 (1998), Adopted Unanimously, Asks Secretary-General To Make Recommendations on Possible UN Role in Peace Process in Guinea-Bissau The Security Council this afternoon called for an urgent establishment of a government of national unity in Guinea-Bissau and the holding of general and presidential elections there no...
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18th December, 1998
SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS IN OPEN SESSION TO CONSIDER SITUATION IN SIERRA LEONE
Peacekeeping Under-Secretary-General Introduces Secretary-General's Report; Chairman of Sanctions Committee Briefs Council on December Assessment Mission The Chairman of the Security Council Sanctions Committee on Sierra Leone, Hans Dahlgren (Sweden), told the Council this morning that sanctions were not being effectively implemented...
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18th December, 1998
106 UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN STAFF IN BAGHDAD TEMPORARILY RELOCATED TO AMMAN, JORDAN
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: Due to the prevailing situation in Iraq, 106 United Nations staff members with the humanitarian programme left Baghdad by road early this morning for Amman, Jordan, for temporary relocation. For the past few days, all United Nations personnel...
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18th December, 1998
RECENT DISARMAMENT STEPS REVIEWED BY 'GROUP OF INTERESTED STATES'
NEW YORK, 18 December (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- The Group of Interested Member States, established last March on the basis of a United Nations General Assembly resolution to promote practical disarmament measures, held its fifth meeting on 14 December at Headquarters in New York. The meeting, attended by representatives...
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18th December, 1998
'I BELIEVE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A FRUITFUL SESSION', ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STATES IN CONCLUDING REMARKS TO FIFTY-THIRD SESSION
Following is the statement by the President of the fifty-third session of the General Assembly, Didier Opertti (Uruguay), on the occasion of the conclusion of the first part of the session: The last thing I want to inflict on you is a long speech to close this first part of the fifty-third session. I believe we have all heard more...
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