General Assembly: Press Release

12 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3386

12 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3385

UNITED STATES DEFENDS SANCTIONS, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMMES; OPPOSES NEW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE, IN THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATE ON CHILD RIGHTS

19961112 Report of Special Rapporteur On Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Pornography Introduced

12 November 1996

Press Release
GA/L/3021

PRIORITY ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO NATIONALITY OF PERSONS WHEN CONSIDERING EFFECTS OF STATE SUCCESSION, SIXTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19961112 Human Rights Dimension Cited; Also Need to Study Economic Consequences of Nationality of "Legal Persons"

12 November 1996

Press Release
GA/EF/2752

12 November 1996

Press Release
GA/EF/2751

ROLE OF UNITED NATIONS IN GLOBAL FINANCIAL INTEGRATION STRESSED BY SPEAKERS IN SECOND COMMITTEE

19961112 World Bank/IMF Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Welcomed; Swift and Flexible Implementation Urged

12 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3070

FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT TEXTS ENCOURAGING BILATERAL DISARMAMENT BETWEEN RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES

19961112 Two Resolutions Require Recorded Votes; Differ Over Provisions on Nuclear Weapon Elimination, Existing Agreements

12 November 1996

Press Release
GA/9164

ASSEMBLY AGAIN CALLS FOR END OF UNITED STATES-IMPOSED EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA, BY 137-3-25 VOTE, URGES REPEAL OF LAWS SUCH AS HELMS-BURTON ACT

19961112 United States Claims Right to Choose Trading Partners; Time Has Come for New Policy Towards Cuba, Says Cuban Vice-President

11 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SPD/93

11 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3384

GOVERNMENTS MUST SHOW POLITICAL WILL TO ERADICATE CHILD LABOUR, THIRD COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19961111 Cooperation with Employers' and Workers' Groups Needed, Says Representative of International Labour Organization

11 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3383

PROGRESS NEEDED ON DRAFT RIGHTS DECLARATION, PERMANENT FORUM FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, SAY SPEAKERS IN THIRD COMMITTEE

19961111 Committee Concludes Discussion on Decade of Indigenous People, Approves Text on Membership Enlargement for UNHCR Executive Committee