Economic and Social Development – 1998

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Economic and Social Development – 1998

1998

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Outstanding issues preventing the completion of the programs for land transfer and human settlement transfer were not resolved as of the conclusion of official UN observation on 30 June 1998.1

Hurricane Mitch devastated the whole region, killing thousands and setting development back by twenty years.2 A flurry of monetary aid, loans and debt forgiveness came in from international donors.3

  1. “Letter Dated 7 August 1998 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the General Assembly,” United Nations General Assembly (A/52/1008), September 24, 1998.
  2. “The Week’s Top Ten World Stories,” The Guardian, November 7, 1998.
  3. “Central America,” Keesing’s Record of World Events, November 1998, Vol. 44, p. 42608; “Central America and Caribbean,” Keesing’s Record of World Events, December 1998, Vol. 44, p. 42666.