Press Release

9 April 1997

Press Release
ENV/DEV/412
GA/9233

MAJOR BENEFICIARIES SPECIAL SESSION ON AGENDA 21 SHOULD BE POOR GOVERNMENTS AND MARGINALIZED PEOPLES IN NORTH AND SOUTH

19970409 General Assembly President, Razali Ismail (Malaysia), Tells High-Level Segment of Commission on Sustainable Development

9 April 1997

Press Release
ENV/DEV/411

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS FOR REVERTING 'OLD NORTH-SOUTH TRENCH POLITICS', BRIDGING POLARIZATION IN REVIEW OF AGENDA 21 IMPLEMENTATION

19970409 Sustainable Development Commission Also Hears AOSIS Call For Industrialized Countries to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Year 2005

9 April 1997

Press Release

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MODEL UNITED NATIONS HOLDS ANNUAL CONFERENCE AT HEADQUARTERS, 9 APRIL

19970409

9 April 1997

Press Release

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS WORKSHOP ON CHANGING CONSUMPTION PATTERNS IN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS 11 APRIL

19970409

A workshop on "Changing Consumption Patterns in Human Settlements" will be held at Headquarters from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, 11 April, in the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium.

8 April 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6199

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PROGRESS IN TALKS ON ZAIRE, SAYS NEXT STEP MUST BE CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT

19970408 Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan concerning the negotiations in South Africa on the future of Zaire, issued today in Geneva by the Spokesman travelling with the Secretary-General:

8 April 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6198

ANOTHER ROUND OF INTER-TAJIK TALKS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TOMORROW IN TEHRAN

19970408 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

8 April 1997

Press Release
SC/6354

SECURITY COUNCIL FORWARDS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY 19 NOMINATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

19970408 Resolution 1104 (1997) Adopted Unanimously; Eleven Candidates to Be Elected as Judges by Assembly

The Security Council this afternoon forwarded to the General Assembly the nominations of 19 candidates for Judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

8 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CT/493

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE APPROVES WORK PROGRAMME FOR GENEVA SESSION, TO BE HELD 14 JULY - 1 AUGUST

19970408 Will Consider Reports of Belarus, Congo, France, India, Slovakia On Compliance with International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

8 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/791

COMMISSION CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF ADVISORY SERVICES, FURTHER PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

19970408 (Reproduced as received.)

8 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/788/

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ACTS ON TEXTS RELATED TO UNILATERAL COERCIVE MEASURES, TOXIC WASTES, RIGHT TO FOOD AND EXTREME POVERTY CORRECTION

19970408

In Press Release HR/CN/788 issued on 7 April, the fifth full paragraph on page 7, should read as follows: