General Assembly: No name

8 November 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3111

EFFICIENCY BOARD 'MACHINE FOR CUTTING THE BUDGET' ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY COMMITTEE TOLD

19961108 Speakers Raise Questions on Board's Mandate, Operations; Under-Secretary-General Says Board Draws on Member States' Reform Expertise

8 November 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3110

FRANCE, NEW ZEALAND RECOMMENDED FOR SEATS ON ACABQ, DEFEATING UNITED STATES IN FIFTH COMMITTEE VOTE

19961108

Committee Also Recommends Appointments to Committee on Contributions, Civil Service Commission, Investments Committee, Administrative Tribunal, Board of Auditors

8 November 1996

Press Release
GA/9161
REF/1154

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT URGES GENEROUS SUPPORT FOR UNHCR

19961108 Following is the text of a statement made this morning by the President of the General Assembly, Razali Ismail (Malaysia), at the meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee for the Announcement of Voluntary Contributions to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):

8 November 1996

Press Release
GA/9160
REF/1153

$210 MILLION PROMISED FOR 1997 OPERATIONS OF UNHCR; ONGOING PROGRAMMES SAID TO REQUIRE MORE THAN $1.4 BILLION

19961108 Assembly President Tells Pledging Meeting 'It's Bizarre', When Global Responsibility for Plight of Refugees Has to Depend on Voluntary Funding

7 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SPD/92

FOURTH COMMITTEE SAYS FURTHER BUDGET CUTS MUST NOT NEGATIVELY AFFECT ACTIVITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

19961107 Assembly Also Asked to Seek Protection of Traditional Means Of Communication, Even During Expanded Use of New Technologies

7 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3380

7 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3379

7 November 1996

Press Release
GA/L/3018

7 November 1996

Press Release
GA/L/3017

SYSTEM OF COUNTERMEASURES AS ENVISAGED BY LAW COMMISSION UNLIKELY TO PROMOTE REPARATIONS, SIXTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19961107 Committee Considers Commission's Draft Articles On State Sovereignty, Draft Code of Crimes against Peace

7 November 1996

Press Release
GA/EF/2748

WTO SHOULD ADDRESS MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENT ONLY AFTER THOROUGH STUDY BY UNCTAD, ASEAN TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

19961107 Unilateral Trade Sanctions, Protectionist Measures Criticized, As Debate on Trade and Development Continues; Two Drafts Introduced