General Assembly

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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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