Resolution Takes Note of ICJ Opinion on Nuclear Weapons; Texts Also Approved on Conventional Arms, Transparency Concerns
The Secretary-General should be authorized to create a mechanism, in cooperation with Member States, to retrieve more than $3 million stolen from the United Nations through fraud in 1994-1995 or to confiscate properties bought with that money, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this afternoon.
The Security Council this morning adopted its fifty-first report to the General Assembly, covering the period from 16 June 1995 to 15 June 1996. Produced as a guide to the Council's activities during the 12-month period, the report will be submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with provisions of the United Nations Charter.
