Press Release

5 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9185

NEED FOR IMPROVED EFFORTS TO REMOVE ANTI-PERSONNEL LAND-MINES STRESSED THIS MORNING IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961205

Continued Existence of Some 110 Million Unexploded Mines Worldwide Described as "The War That Never Ends"

4 December 1996

Press Release
SOC/NAR/750

AMPHETAMINES LIKELY TO BE MAJOR DRUG PROBLEM OF NEXT CENTURY, EXPERTS AT UN MEETING IN SHANGHAI, CHINA, CONCLUDE

19961204 Public Health and Law Enforcement Experts Forge Global Strategy to Combat Spreading Abuse of Synthetic Stimulants

(Based on reports received from UNDCP officers in Shanghai.)

4 December 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6119
CA/124

GUATEMALAN CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN OSLO, NORWAY

19961204 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

4 December 1996

Press Release
SC/6299*

4 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9184

ASSEMBLY URGES SPEEDED-UP MIDDLE EAST PEACE TALKS, STRESSES NEED FOR EARLY PROGRESS IN ARAB-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS

19961204

Seven Texts Adopted on Situation in Region; International Support Sought; Dissent on Provisions Relating to Jerusalem, Syrian Golan

4 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9183/

PARTIES TO MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS URGED TO SET ASIDE SHORT-TERM INTERESTS, FOR GREATER GOAL OF COMMON PROSPERITY

19961204 CORRECTION

On page 5 of Press Release GA/9183 of 3 December, the speaker for Syria should read: MIKHAIL WEHBE (Syria).

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3 December 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6118

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

19961203 Following is the statement of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the occasion of International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development, 5 December:

3 December 1996

Press Release
POP/628

3 December 1996

Press Release
PI/982*
PKO/54

3 December 1996

Press Release
IHA/612

PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN FACE EIGHTEENTH WINTER AT WAR; HALF-MILLION IN CAPITAL DEPENDANT ON AID FOR SURVIVAL

19961203 United Nations Appeals Urgently for $133 Million to Maintain Humanitarian Assistance, Relief and Reconstruction Programmes