General Assembly: Press Release


GA/8987
6 November 1995


Press Release
GA/8987


SUPPORT EXPRESSED FOR OLYMPIC TRUCE DURING UPCOMING GAMES

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Wide support was expressed in the General Assembly this afternoon for honouring an "Olympic truce" during the forthcoming Olympic Games as speakers stressed the importance of sport and the Olympic Ideal in building a better world.

GA/8986
6 November 1995


Press Release
GA/8986


SPEAKERS EXPRESS GREAT SHOCK OVER ASSASSINATION OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER

19951106

Speakers in the General Assembly this morning expressed great shock and sadness over the tragic assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and praised him as a man who had dedicated his life to his country and to the cause of peace.