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SG/SM/6257
12 June 1997


Press Release
SG/SM/6257


INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT PROMISES UNIVERSAL JUSTICE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION

19970612 Kofi Annan Says Genocide, 'Now Word of Our Time', Is Heinous Reality Calling for Historic Response

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Bar Association in New York on 11 June:

PAL/1838
12 June 1997


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PAL/1838


MEETING OF PALESTINE DONOR AND HOST GOVERNMENTS CONCLUDES IN AMMAN

19970612

GAZA, 12 June (UNRWA) -- The aim of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) was to maintain services for some 3.4 million Palestine refugees and identify ways of doing so for as long as it was required, according to an agreed statement by delegates at an informal meeting of major donor and host governments in Amman.

GA/COL/2963
12 June 1997


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GA/COL/2963


SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION CALLS ON ADMINISTERING POWERS TO COOPERATE WITH UN VISITING MISSIONS

19970612 Also Hears Petitioners from Guam

The Special Committee on decolonization this morning called on the administering Powers to cooperate with the United Nations by receiving visiting missions in the Territories under their administration, as it approved, without a vote, a resolution submitted by its Chairman.