Press Release

8 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9122

NATIONS RECOVERING FROM CIVIL CONFLICT NEED EXTERNAL AID TO REPAIR RAVAGED ECONOMIES, GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD

19961008 Foreign Ministers of Chad, Haiti Review Requirements; Maldives, Grenada, Lesotho Also Highlight Special Problems of Poorest Nations

8 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9121

REPORTED IMPROVEMENT IN ECONOMIES OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES A 'MYTH', DJIBOUTI TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961008

View Supported by Cambodia; Bangladesh Concerned over Global Water Supplies; Azerbaijan, Comoros, Palau, Gabon also Speak

8 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9120

AGENDA ITEM ON GRANTING OF OBSERVER STATUS FOR INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY RECOMMENDED BY GENERAL COMMITTEE

19961008

The General Committee this morning recommended that the General Assembly include in its current agenda an item on the granting of observer status for the International Seabed Authority.

8 October 1996

Press Release

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS CHAIRMAN OF LIBERIA'S TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT TO VISIT HEADQUARTERS

19961008

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

The Chairman of the Council of State of the Liberian National Transitional Government, Ruth Perry, will visit United Nations Headquarters on Wednesday, 9 October. She will meet with Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- Ghali and address the General Assembly.

8 October 1996

Press Release

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS PRIME MINISTER OF SAMOA TO VISIT HEADQUARTERS

19961008

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

The Prime Minister of Samoa, Tofilau Eti Alesana, will visit United Nations Headquarters on Wednesday, 9 October, to address the General Assembly.

7 October 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6072
AFG/70

SECRETARY-GENERAL RESTATES UNITED NATIONS POLICY ON GENDER EQUALITY IN RESPONSE TO CONCERNS ABOUT STATUS OF WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN

19961007 Following is the text of a statement issued today by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the status of women and girls in Afghanistan:

7 October 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6071
HQ/567

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT AT PRESENTATION OF GIFT BY ARAB WOMEN

19961007 Following is the text of the statement delivered, on behalf of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, by Under-Secretary-General Ismat Kittani, on the occasion of the presentation by the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Esmat Abdel Meguid, of a gift from Arab women to the United Nations on Thursday, 3 October:

7 October 1996

Press Release
L/2814

7 October 1996

Press Release
GA/SPD/84

FOURTH COMMITTEE HEARS STATEMENTS ON SITUATIONS RELATING TO GUAM, GIBRALTAR, NEW CALEDONIA, WESTERN SAHARA

19961007

New Zealand Says United Nations Decolonization Efforts Should More Closely Address Needs of Small Territories and Current Realities

7 October 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3089

REDUCTION IN MINIMUM ASSESSMENT ON MEMBER STATES FOR UN BUDGET PROPOSED IN FIFTH COMMITTEE DEBATE

19961007 Costa Rica Says 'Floor Rate' Departs from Principle of Capacity to Pay; Committee Also Takes up Financing for Missions in Liberia, Western Sahara