General Assembly

7 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3067

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES ENCOURAGED IN NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT EFFORTS IN FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION

19961107 Points to 'Step-by-Step' Approach to Disarmament, Says United States; Middle East, Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones among Topics of Ten Texts Introduced

7 November 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3109

STREAMLINED PEACE-KEEPING, RAPID LIQUIDATION OF COMPLETED MISSIONS CALLED FOR IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY COMMITTEE

19961107 Procurement Procedures, Payment of Consultants, Disability Benefits for Peace-keepers, Among Other Issues Addressed

6 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SPD/90

FOURTH COMMITTEE IS TOLD OF 'SHARPENED FOCUS' OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT, WHILE LEADING WAY IN COST EFFICIENCY

19961106 Assistant Secretary-General Reviews Innovations, Including Expanded Use Of Internet; Some Express Concern over Effects of Budget-Cutting on DPI

6 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3378

UN DECLARATION ON CRIME AND PUBLIC SECURITY APPROVED IN THIRD COMMITTEE

19961106 Member States Urged to Combat Serious Transnational Crime, Including Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, Smuggling, Terrorism

The General Assembly would adopt a United Nations Declaration on Crime and Public Security, under the terms of a draft resolution approved without a vote this afternoon by the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural).

6 November 1996

Press Release
GA/L/3016

DRAFT CODE OF CRIMES AGAINST PEACE AND SECURITY OF MANKIND SHOULD INCLUDE ACTS AGAINST UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL, LEGAL COMMITTEE TOLD

19961106 Necessary Protection for Nationals Working for United Nations, Says Poland; Other Speakers Stress Inclusion of Terrorism in Proposed Code

6 November 1996

Press Release
GA/EF/2746

6 November 1996

Press Release
GA/EF/2745

SECRETARIAT'S DEVELOPMENT-RELATED DEPARTMENTS SHOULD BE MERGED, ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE TOLD

19961106 Takes up Economic and Social Council Report; Concludes Discussion of Population and Development; Two Texts Introduced

6 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3066

ASSEMBLY WOULD CALL FOR CONTINUED ACTION TO PREVENT VIOLENT DISINTEGRATION OF STATES, UNDER FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT

19961106 Texts Also Address Transparency, Arms Traffic, Outer Space, Disarmament Commission, Military Expenditures

6 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3065

ASSEMBLY WOULD URGE MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS ON TRANSFER OF DUAL-USE TECHNOLOGIES, BY FIRST COMMITTEE TEXT

19961106 Draft on Role of Science, Technology Among 10 Disarmament, Security Proposals Introduced

6 November 1996

Press Release
GA/9159

VOTING CONCURRENTLY WITH SECURITY COUNCIL, GENERAL ASSEMBLY FILLS FIVE VACANCIES ON INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

19961106 Process Completed in Single Ballot: Judges from Algeria, United States, Russian Federation Re-elected; Joined by New Members from Netherlands, Brazil