General Assembly: Press Release

17 May 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3078

BUDGET COMMITTEE IS ASKED TO REJECT EFFORTS BY A STATE TO APPLY DOMESTIC LAW TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

19960517 Cuba Says 'Certification' of UN Spending Limit as Prelude to Dues Payment Not Acceptable; Others Warn of Consequences of Reduction in Services

16 May 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3077

15 May 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3076

FIFTH COMMITTEE IS TOLD UN HAS ACHIEVED 773 OF 800 VACANCIES NEEDED TO KEEP 1996-1997 BUDGET WITHIN $2.61 BILLION LIMIT

19960515 Under-Secretary-General also Reports Efficiencies Will Be Institutionalized in Next Biennial Budget

10 May 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3075

10 May 1996

Press Release
GA/9073

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ESTABLISHES UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF VERIFICATION IN EL SALVADOR

19960510 Aim Is to Assure Continued Implementation Of Peace Accords; Costs to Be Met, if Possible, from Existing Resources

9 May 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3074

BUDGET COMMITTEE SEEKS $931,000 TO MAINTAIN RWANDA COMMISSION; SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKED FOR REPORT

19960509 Action Likely Tomorrow on Financing of Other UN Mission; Official Says Liberia Operation Affected by Country's Deteriorating Situation

7 May 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3073

BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS SPENDING OF $1.1 MILLION TO MAINTAIN UNITED NATIONS PRESENCE IN EL SALVADOR UNTIL END OF YEAR

19960507 International Tribunals Also Discussed; Rwanda Asks If World Community Has Forgotten Magnitude of Crimes against Humanity

6 May 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3072

COUNTRIES NOT PAYING DUES SHOULD NOT BE AWARDED UNITED NATIONS CONTRACTS, FIFTH COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19960506 Ghana Calls for 'Drastic' Action against Defaulters; 'Waste and Overlap' Also Cited as Cause of Current Financial Crisis

6 May 1996

Press Release
GA/9072
PI/941

STATEMENT OF ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

19960506 Following is the text of the statement made this morning by the President of the General Assembly, Diogo Freitas do Amaral, in the Committee on Information, on World Press Freedom Day:

I would like, first of all, to thank you for the invitation to address this Committee, in the commemoration of World Press Freedom Day.

26 April 1996

Press Release
GA/9071

STATES AFFECTED BY CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT NEED REAL SUPPORT, TANGIBLE RESULTS SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT AT COMMEMORATIVE MEETING

19960426 Following is the text of the statement delivered today by the President of the General Assembly, Diogo Freitas do Amaral (Portugal), at the special commemorative meeting at Headquarters on the tenth anniversary of the Chernobyl accident: