General Assembly: No name

31 October 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3371

EASTERN ZAIRE ON BRINK OF CALAMITY AS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS FLEE, HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE

19961031 Committee Holds Dialogue with High Commissioner, Begins Debate on Refugee and Other Humanitarian Questions

31 October 1996

Press Release
GA/L/3011

CRIMES INITIALLY COVERED BY INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE MOST SERIOUS, SIXTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19961031 Narrow Scope Said to Broaden Acceptance; Review Mechanism Could Provide for Expanding Jurisdiction Later

31 October 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3103

31 October 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3102/

FIFTH COMMITTEE WARNED ABOUT TACTICS TO DESTROY INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE FROM WITHIN

19961031 CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/AB/3102 issued today, the second full paragraph on page 18 should read:

31 October 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3102

FIFTH COMMITTEE WARNED ABOUT TACTICS TO DESTROY INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE FROM WITHIN

19961031

The General Assembly would raise from the previous limit of $12,000 payments that could be made to United Nations system pension-drawing retirees to $22,000 per calendar year, should it adopt a draft decision approved this morning without a vote by the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) as it considered human resources management.

31 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9150

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SPEAKS OF 'ENORMOUS HUMAN CATASTROPHE' NOW UNFOLDING IN GREAT LAKES REGION OF AFRICA

19961031 Says Lack of Effective United Nations Response 'Unconscionable', World Should Demand That Tragedy of Such Dimensions Be Prevented

This is a statement issued by the President of the General Assembly, Rizali Ismail (Malaysia), today concerning the situation in the Great Lakes region of Africa:

31 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9149

GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMPLETES ELECTION TO FILL VACANCIES ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

19961031 Sri Lanka, Defeating Viet Nam, Chosen in Fourth Ballot for Asian Seat

The General Assembly this afternoon completed the election of 18 members to the 54-member Economic and Social Council, with the election of Sri Lanka from among the Group of Asian States to fill the last remaining vacancy on the Council.

31 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9148

ASSEMBLY FILLS 17 VACANCIES ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL; THREE-YEAR TERMS FOR 13 NEW MEMBERS, 4 RE-ELECTED MEMBERS

19961031 Further Ballot to be Held for Remaining Open Seat, From Among Candidates of Asian Group of Member States

30 October 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3370

WOMEN'S EQUALITY NOT ACHIEVED SOLELY BY DECLARATIONS, LAWS; CHANGES OF ATTITUDE NECESSARY, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

19961030 Committee Concludes General Debate on Women's Issues; Hears Introduction of Draft Text on Smuggling of Aliens

30 October 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3369/

LARGE NUMBER OF RESERVATIONS TO WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION CAUSE FOR CONCERN, SAY SPEAKERS IN THIRD COMMITTEE CORRECTION

19961030

In Press Release GA/SHC/3369, issued 29 October, the name of the representative of Ukraine, at the top of page 6, should read "OLEKSANDRA SAVCHENKO, Deputy Minister for Education of Ukraine".