General Assembly: Press Release

18 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3074/

PREVENTION OF VIOLENT DISINTEGRATION OF STATES CALLED FOR IN FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXT

19961118 CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/DIS/3074 issued 15 November, the second paragraph on page 12 should read:

15 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3391

SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS PRESENT COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO THIRD COMMITTEE; COUNTRIES RESPOND TO ALLEGATIONS

19961115

Special Rapporteur on Religious Intolerance, UNESCO also Present Reports

15 November 1996

Press Release
GA/L/3024

ALL-MALE COMPOSITION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION MUST BE RECTIFIED, IRELAND TELLS SIXTH COMMITTEE

19961115 Nomination by Regional Groups Limits Membership, Israel Says; Committee Ends Consideration of Commission Report

15 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3074

PREVENTION OF VIOLENT DISINTEGRATION OF STATES CALLED FOR IN FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXT

19961115 Seven Texts Approved, Five by Recorded Vote; Conference on Disarmament, NPT Review Conference among Topics Addressed

14 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3390

14 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3389

14 November 1996

Press Release
GA/L/3023

ADVANCE FEASIBILITY STUDY OF SELECTED TOPICS WOULD AVOID LAW COMMISSION CLUTTER, SIXTH COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19961114 Problem of Subjects 'Endlessly' on Agenda; UNHCR Representative Says Refugee Convention Does Not Provide Protection for Terrorists

14 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3073

14 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3072

1997 NEGOTIATIONS FOR CONVENTION TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS CALLED FOR BY FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXT

19961114

Resolution Takes Note of ICJ Opinion on Nuclear Weapons; Texts Also Approved on Conventional Arms, Transparency Concerns

14 November 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3115

FIFTH COMMITTEE HEARS CALL FOR MECHANISM TO RECOVER STOLEN UN FUNDS

19961114

The Secretary-General should be authorized to create a mechanism, in cooperation with Member States, to retrieve more than $3 million stolen from the United Nations through fraud in 1994-1995 or to confiscate properties bought with that money, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this afternoon.