General Assembly: Press Release

8 October 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3090

8 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9122

NATIONS RECOVERING FROM CIVIL CONFLICT NEED EXTERNAL AID TO REPAIR RAVAGED ECONOMIES, GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD

19961008 Foreign Ministers of Chad, Haiti Review Requirements; Maldives, Grenada, Lesotho Also Highlight Special Problems of Poorest Nations

8 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9121

REPORTED IMPROVEMENT IN ECONOMIES OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES A 'MYTH', DJIBOUTI TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961008

View Supported by Cambodia; Bangladesh Concerned over Global Water Supplies; Azerbaijan, Comoros, Palau, Gabon also Speak

8 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9120

AGENDA ITEM ON GRANTING OF OBSERVER STATUS FOR INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY RECOMMENDED BY GENERAL COMMITTEE

19961008

The General Committee this morning recommended that the General Assembly include in its current agenda an item on the granting of observer status for the International Seabed Authority.

7 October 1996

Press Release
GA/SPD/84

FOURTH COMMITTEE HEARS STATEMENTS ON SITUATIONS RELATING TO GUAM, GIBRALTAR, NEW CALEDONIA, WESTERN SAHARA

19961007

New Zealand Says United Nations Decolonization Efforts Should More Closely Address Needs of Small Territories and Current Realities

7 October 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3089

REDUCTION IN MINIMUM ASSESSMENT ON MEMBER STATES FOR UN BUDGET PROPOSED IN FIFTH COMMITTEE DEBATE

19961007 Costa Rica Says 'Floor Rate' Departs from Principle of Capacity to Pay; Committee Also Takes up Financing for Missions in Liberia, Western Sahara

7 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9119

FOREIGN INTERFERENCE MAIN CAUSE OF CONTINUING CONFLICT IN AFGHANISTAN, MINISTER TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961007

Peace Efforts in Africa Reviewed by Eritrea, Uganda, Gambia; Statements also Made by Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda

7 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9118

RENEWED INSTABILITY MIGHT PREVAIL IN MIDDLE EAST IF CURRENT TRENDS OVERSHADOW HOPE FOR PEACE, ASSEMBLY TOLD

19961007 Seven Foreign Ministers Address Assembly, As General Debate Continues

4 October 1996

Press Release
GA/L/3008

AGREED DEFINITION OF TERRORISM NEEDED TO PROMOTE COOPERATION ON ITS ELIMINATION, SIXTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19961004 Need to Balance State Sovereignty, Indidividual Rights Also Stressed by Speakers

4 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9117

REGIONAL PEACE-KEEPING EFFORTS NEED GLOBAL SUPPORT TO BE FULLY EFFECTIVE, GHANA AND ZAMBIA TELL GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961004

Fiji Welcomes End of Nuclear Tests; Suriname Notes World Concern On Timber Project; Panama, Seychelles Also Speak in Continuing Debate