General Assembly

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/SPD/86

ECONOMIC VIABILITY MUST NOT BE USED TO JUSTIFY DELAY IN SELF-DETERMINATION, FOURTH COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19961010 Decolonization General Debate Ends; Petitioners Say POLISARIO Obstructs Western Sahara Settlement, Human Rights Abuses Alleged

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3051

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3050

FIRST COMMITTEE HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION

19961010 The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) this morning elected its Vice-Chairmen and Rapporteur and approved the programme of work for its current session.

Elected as Vice-Chairmen were Andre Mernier (Belgium) and Andelfo Garcia (Columbia). Parfait Onanga (Gabon) was elected Rapporteur. Alyaksandr Sychou (Belarus) was elected Chairman on 17 September.

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9126

ASSEMBLY'S GENERAL DEBATE, CONCLUDED TODAY, IS ONLY UNIVERSAL OPPORTUNITY FOR STATES TO SHARE VIEWS WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR

19961010 Says Razali Ismail (Malaysia), Assembly President, in Concluding Statement

This is the text of the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Razali Ismail (Malaysia), at the conclusion of the general debate of the fifty-first session this afternoon:

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9125

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES OPENING DEBATE ONE DAY EARLY, HEARING STATEMENTS BY VANUATU, THAILAND

19961010 Assembly President Cites Savings Realized As 'Small but Significant Signal' of Commitment to Reform

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9124

DESPITE CURRENT 'ANGUISH', AFRICA STILL HAS POTENTIAL FOR STABILITY AND PROSPERITY, ASSEMBLY IS TOLD

19961010 Continent's Economic and Social Problems Are Reviewed By Leaders of Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Mauritius, Madagascar

9 October 1996

Press Release
GA/SPD/85

SITUATION IN NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES REVIEWED BY SPEAKERS IN CONTINUING DEBATE IN FOURTH COMMITTEE

19961009 Completion of Decolonization Process Is Urged; Some Delegates Say Self-Determination Is Not Always Choice of Colonial Peoples

9 October 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3091

UNITED STATES PLACES NEW CONDITIONS ON PAYMENT OF ARREARS, USG FOR ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT TELLS FIFTH COMMITTEE

19961009 Demands Include Cost Reductions in UNCTAD, DPI, Regional Commissions and Conference Services; Also 10 Per Cent in Staff Cuts

9 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9123

DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION GREATEST CHALLENGES FACING LIBERIA, CHAIRMAN OF LIBERIA'S COUNCIL OF STATE TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961009

She Commits Transitional Government to Peace Process, May 1997 Elections; Western Samoa, Malawi, Equatorial Guinea, Kyrgyz Republic, Nepal Also Speak

8 October 1996

Press Release
GA/SPD/84/

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

19961008

In Press Release GA/SPD/84, issued 7 October, the second paragraph on page 13 should read:

The representative of Algeria said that the normal process of circulating petitions should be respected.

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