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1998 United Nations Government News & Press Releases |
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31st August, 1998
FIRST-EVER JUDGEMENTS ON CRIME OF GENOCIDE DUE 2 SEPTEMBER
NEW YORK, 31 August -- In what will be a pivotal moment in the history of international criminal law, a United Nations tribunal on 2 September will hand down the first-ever verdict on the crime of genocide by an international court. Two days later, the Tribunal -- the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, based in Arusha, United...
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31st August, 1998
COUNCIL CALLS FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO CONFLICT IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, INCLUDING IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE, WITHDRAWAL OF FOREIGN FORCES
In Presidential Statement, Council Calls For Political Dialogue, Protection of Civilian Population Expressing its deep concern about the current conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, "which poses a serious threat to regional peace and security", the Security Council this afternoon called for a peaceful solution to the...
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28th August, 1998
SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL IN TALIBAN-HELD TERRITORIES OF AFGHANISTAN
Demands That All Afghan Factions Stop Fighting And Cooperate To Create Broad-Based, Fully Representative Government The Security Council this afternoon condemned the attacks on the United Nations personnel in the Taliban-held territories of Afghanistan and called on the Taliban to investigate urgently those heinous crimes and to...
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28th August, 1998
SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES JOINT UNITED KINGDOM/UNITED STATES INITIATIVE, NETHERLANDS WILLINGNESS, TO TRY LIBYAN AIRLINE BOMBING SUSPECTS
Security Council
3920th Meeting (Night)
SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES JOINT UNITED KINGDOM/UNITED STATES INITIATIVE,
NETHERLANDS WILLINGNESS, TO TRY LIBYAN AIRLINE BOMBING SUSPECTS
CORRECTION
On page 11 of Press Release SC/6566 of 27 August, the representative speaking for...
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27th August, 1998
SECURITY COUNCIL FORWARDS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY NAMES OF NINE CANDIDATES FOR JUDGES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
The Security Council this afternoon forwarded to the General Assembly for election, the names of nine candidates for judges for the third Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, as specified under article 13 (d) of the Tribunal's Statute. Through its unanimous adoption of resolution 1191 (1998),...
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27th August, 1998
SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES JOINT UNITED KINGDOM/UNITED STATES INITIATIVE, NETHERLANDS WILLINGNESS, TO TRY LIBYAN AIRLINE BOMBING SUSPECTS
The Security Council tonight welcomed a joint United Kingdom-United States initiative for the trial of the two suspects before a Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands, as well as the willingness of the Netherlands Government to cooperate in implementing this initiative. It called on the Governments of the Netherlands and the...
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25th August, 1998
SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM SHOULD AIM AT ENHANCING RELEVANCE OF UNITED NATIONS, ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS
Following is the text of a statement by General Assembly President Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine) at its meeting on 24 August, concerning the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters: The General Assembly has just taken a decision by which it drew the line at...
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24th August, 1998
SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN KOSOVO; URGES POLITICAL SOLUTION TO CONFLICT
The Security Council this afternoon called for an immediate ceasefire in Kosovo, emphasizing the need for the achievement of a political solution to the conflict by the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo Albanians. In a statement read out in a formal meeting of the Council by its President, Danilo Turk...
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20th August, 1998
SECRETARY-GENERAL AWAITS FURTHER DETAILS ON UNITED STATES MILITARY ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO TERRORIST ATTACKS
Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General, sharing the views of both the Security Council and the General Assembly, condemns terrorism in all its forms. He was informed by the United States Government of its military actions, minutes after they took...
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18th August, 1998
COUNCIL EXTENDS TO 14 SEPTEMBER THE DEADLINE FOR NOMINATION OF JUDGES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA
The Security Council this morning decided to extend the deadline for nominations of judges to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda until 14 September 1998. The Council took the action by adopting a draft letter (document S/1998/761) from its President, Danilo Türk (Slovenia), addressed to the Secretary-General. In the text,...
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