Press Release

10 October 1996

Press Release
SC/6276

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER LACK OF PROGRESS ON INVESTIGATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

19961010 Presidential Statement Appeals to Parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina To Help Identify Fate of Missing Persons for Humanitarian and Legal Purposes

10 October 1996

Press Release
PI/970/

UNITED NATIONS FINANCIAL SITUATION DISCUSSED AT DPI/NGO CONFERENCE CORRECTION

19961010

In the statement by the representative of Canada, in Press Release PI/970 of 12 September, the second sentence in the second complete paragraph on page 4 should read as follows:

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/SPD/86

ECONOMIC VIABILITY MUST NOT BE USED TO JUSTIFY DELAY IN SELF-DETERMINATION, FOURTH COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19961010 Decolonization General Debate Ends; Petitioners Say POLISARIO Obstructs Western Sahara Settlement, Human Rights Abuses Alleged

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3051

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3050

FIRST COMMITTEE HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION

19961010 The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) this morning elected its Vice-Chairmen and Rapporteur and approved the programme of work for its current session.

Elected as Vice-Chairmen were Andre Mernier (Belgium) and Andelfo Garcia (Columbia). Parfait Onanga (Gabon) was elected Rapporteur. Alyaksandr Sychou (Belarus) was elected Chairman on 17 September.

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9126

ASSEMBLY'S GENERAL DEBATE, CONCLUDED TODAY, IS ONLY UNIVERSAL OPPORTUNITY FOR STATES TO SHARE VIEWS WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR

19961010 Says Razali Ismail (Malaysia), Assembly President, in Concluding Statement

This is the text of the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Razali Ismail (Malaysia), at the conclusion of the general debate of the fifty-first session this afternoon:

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9125

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES OPENING DEBATE ONE DAY EARLY, HEARING STATEMENTS BY VANUATU, THAILAND

19961010 Assembly President Cites Savings Realized As 'Small but Significant Signal' of Commitment to Reform

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9124

DESPITE CURRENT 'ANGUISH', AFRICA STILL HAS POTENTIAL FOR STABILITY AND PROSPERITY, ASSEMBLY IS TOLD

19961010 Continent's Economic and Social Problems Are Reviewed By Leaders of Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Mauritius, Madagascar

10 October 1996

Press Release
FAO/3637

10 October 1996

Press Release
ECOSOC/5688

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL RESUMES SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

19961010

Approves Participation of NGOs in Elaboration of Declaration on Rights Of Indigenous Peoples; Acts on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Covenant