General Assembly: No name

26 November 1996

Press Release
GA/9174

SECURITY COUNCIL LAUDED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBERS FOR BETTER WORKING METHODS, IMPROVED CONSULTATION, GREATER TRANSPARENCY

19961126

Further Progress Said To Be Needed; Some Fault Council's Annual Report as Compilation of Statistics Lacking Analysis

25 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SPD/102

ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS, VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ENDANGER PEACE PROCESS AND MUST END, FOURTH COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19961125 Israel Says Report Ignores Palestinian Attacks Which Killed Many and Horrified World; Debate on UNRWA Operations Concludes

25 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3403

ASSEMBLY WOULD DEMAND END TO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST ETHNIC ALBANIANS IN KOSOVO, BY TERMS OF DRAFT APPROVED IN THIRD COMMITTEE

19961125 Texts on Human Rights and Extreme Poverty, Right to Development, International Cooperation in Human Right also Approved

25 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3402

25 November 1996

Press Release
GA/EF/2754

ASSEMBLY WOULD SUPPORT COOPERATION BETWEEN LAND-LOCKED COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL ASIA AND NEIGHBOURS, BY SECOND COMMITTEE DRAFT

19961125 Committee Also Approves Texts on Protecting Environment, Declaration on International Economic Cooperation

25 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3076

25 November 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3118

SYSTEM-WIDE 4.1 PER CENT PAY INCREASE FOR PROFESSIONAL AND HIGHER LEVEL STAFF PROPOSED BY ICSC IN FIFTH COMMITTEE

19961125 Committee Defers Action On Economic and Social Council Revised Estimates

25 November 1996

Press Release
GA/9173

ASSEMBLY REVIEWS PROPOSALS TO STRENGTHEN UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM; URGENT NEED FOR MORE EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE IS STRESSED

19961125

Delegates Say Efficiency, Not Just Cost-Cutting, Is Main Aim; President Makes Appeal for Victims of Honduras Flood Disaster

The General Assembly met this morning to consider the strengthening of the United Nations system.

22 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3401

APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON IMPACT OF ARMED CONFLICT ON CHILDREN WOULD BE RECOMMENDATION OF DRAFT APPROVED BY THIRD COMMITTEE

19961122 Drafts on Rights of Child, Racial Discrimination, among Five Texts Approved Without Vote by Committee

22 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3400

STATES MUST BE HONEST ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, ACCEPT CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD IN RIGHTS DEBATE

19961122

States must be honest about their human rights situations and be willing to accept constructive criticism from others, such as the Special Rapporteurs on human rights and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, according to the representative of the Marshall Islands.