1998 Issues
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	Issue 1, 1998: Weapons Whisper, War Waits, the World Watches, Wisdom Wins The Secretary-General stresses that “Iraq’s complete compliance with Security Council’s demands is the one and only aim” of the agreement which he concluded in Baghdad. In our Guest Column, Ian Williams analyses the provisions and importance of the agreement. Our Focus on Poverty includes President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom of the Republic of Maldives arguing the necessity of a “multi-pronged approach” to eradicate poverty. Plus an article by Y. K. Shamapande, in Pretoria, on a new South African initiative that goes beyond the “income poor”.
	Issue 2, 1998: Drugs - the world weighs in to fight smoke with fire In our special issue on drugs, Pino Arlacchi, Executive Director of the UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, says “the future is now”. The cost of illegal drugs is social, economic — and human, and was first addressed in 1909 in Shanghai, China. “Like modern-day Midases, drug syndicates transform a cheap commodity into an almost inconceivably remunerative product”, says General Barry R. McCaffrey in the Chronicle Essay. With drug abuse affecting youth all over the world, where do we turn?
	Issue 3, 1998: Peacekeeping Turns Fifty Just two months before the 50th anniversary of the Genocide Convention, an International Tribunal delivers judgements in trials of two former political figures in Rwanda, even as the world decides to establish a Permanent International Criminal Court. In Womenwatch, Rasna Warah looks at the remarkable role of women in situations of internal strife. In the Chronicle Interview, Sir Brian Urquhart, the “Mr. Peacekeeping” of the Organization’s formative years, looks back on the history and prospects of such operations.
	Issue 4, 1998: Human Rights, Human Wrongs In our Guest Column, President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique speaks of “a moral contract” to sustain a culture of peace. In Essays, Nobel Laureates Nadine Gordimer, M. F. Perutz, John Polanyi and Desmond Tutu reflect on the Universal Declaration. Dimitru Mazilu recalls his detention in Romania while serving the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in First Person, while in another article, Thomas Hammarberg looks at the “human rights package”.

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