Plenary

4 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9117

REGIONAL PEACE-KEEPING EFFORTS NEED GLOBAL SUPPORT TO BE FULLY EFFECTIVE, GHANA AND ZAMBIA TELL GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961004

Fiji Welcomes End of Nuclear Tests; Suriname Notes World Concern On Timber Project; Panama, Seychelles Also Speak in Continuing Debate

4 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9116

COMMITMENT TO FIGHT POVERTY NEEDED TO SECURE GLOBAL SECURITY, SAY SPEAKERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961004 Tanzania's President Says Those in Poverty Live in 'World of War'; Two Prime Ministers, Four Foreign Ministers, Also Address Assembly

3 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9115

REGIONAL STABILITY IS KEY TO GLOBAL PEACE AND SECURITY, FOREIGN MINISTERS TELL GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961003 Problems in Afghanistan, Africa, Middle East Cited; Statements By Zaire, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Hungary, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Guinea

Regional stability was seen as a key to international peace and security by several speakers in this afternoon's continuation of the general debate in the General Assembly.

3 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9114

PAKISTAN'S PRIME MINISTER SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHOULD ENDORSE CONFERENCE ON PEACE AND SECURITY IN SOUTH ASIA

19961003

Also Calls for Implementation of Resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir; President of Dominican Republic, Five Foreign Ministers Address Assembly

2 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9113

IRAQ SAYS CONDITIONS FOR LIFTING SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS MET; UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM, KUWAIT CHALLENGE ASSERTION

19961002 Exchange of Views as General Assembly Opening Debate Continues; Qatar, Uruguay, Guyana, Guinea-Bissau, Venezuela, Togo also Speak

2 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9112

BULGARIAN MINISTER TELLS ASSEMBLY OF ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER; PRESIDENT EXPRESSES SHOCK AT NEWS

19961002

Syria Says Israeli Posture Risks `Catastrophe'; Philippines, Kenya, Viet Nam, Belarus, Ecuador, Mali also Speak in General Debate

1 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9111

ISRAEL URGED TO DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO PEACE PROCESS, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES OPENING DEBATE

19961001

Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Libya Express Concerns; Statements also from Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Jamaica, Armenia

1 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9110

THREATS TO STABILITY IN MIDDLE EAST, GREAT LAKES REGION OF AFRICA HIGHLIGHTED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE

19961001 Speakers Also Address Consequences of Economic Globalization

The current threats to peace and stability in the regions of the Middle East and in the Great Lakes Region of Africa were highlighted by the Foreign Ministers of Lebanon and Burundi this morning, as the General Assembly continued its general debate.

30 September 1996

Press Release
GA/9109

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT VOWS TO KEEP PROBLEMS OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AT FOREFRONT OF INTERNATIONAL CONCERN

19960930 Tells Ministerial Meeting of Need to Ensure 'Hopes, Aspirations Of Teeming Millions' Remain at Centre of Global Development Debate

30 September 1996

Press Release
GA/9108

FOREIGN MINISTER OF TURKEY SAYS IRAQ MUST MEET OBLIGATIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW FOR AREA TO RETURN TO NORMAL

19960930 Regional Tensions also Discussed by Others as General Debate Continues; Statements by Albania, Rwanda, Australia, Tunisia, Honduras and Estonia