Press Release

29 July 1996

Press Release
IAEA/1307

29 July 1996

Press Release
HR/CT/473

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION GENEVA, 8-26 JULY

19960729 Issues Recommendations on Reports of Nigeria, Brazil and Peru

GENEVA, 26 July (UN Information Service) -- The Human Rights Committee, concluding its fifty-seventh session, today called for restoration of democracy in Nigeria and an end to human rights abuses by security forces in Brazil and Peru.

29 July 1996

Press Release
GA/9079

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS FOR APPOINTMENT OF HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA, AT SEMINAR FOR DIPLOMATS

19960729 Proposes Meeting on Debt Relief for Africa; Priority on Research on Development of Africa by UN University

27 July 1996

Press Release
SC/6247

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS USE OF WEAPONS AGAINST CIVIL AIRCRAFT; CALLS ON CUBA TO COMPLY WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW

19960727 By 13-0-2 Vote, Resolution 1067 (1996) Says States Must Bar Use of Civil Aircraft Inconsistent with Aviation Convention

26 July 1996

Press Release
ECOSOC/5687

26 July 1996

Press Release
ECOSOC/5686

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CALLS ON UN SYSTEM TO REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION OF DECLARATION ON DECOLONIZATION

19960726 Also Takes Action on Israeli Settlements, Poverty Eradication, Economic and Social Rights Covenant, INSTRAW, UN Major Conferences

26 July 1996

Press Release
ECOSOC/5679/

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL RECOMMENDS UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON CRIME AND PUBLIC SECURITY FOR ADOPTION BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19960726 Council Takes Action on Texts Submitted By Crime Prevention Commission and Narcotic Drugs Commission

CORRECTION

The second and third sentences in the third paragraph of Press Release ECOSOC/5679 of 23 July should read as follows:

25 July 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6029

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED BY REPORTS THAT ARMED FORCES OF BURUNDI HAVE OVERTHROWN LEGITIMATE COALITION GOVERNMENT

19960725 The following statement was made today by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

25 July 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6028*

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO DEMOCRACY AND TERRORISM CONFERENCE, SAYS UN READY TO COORDINATE NEW COUNTER-TERRORIST MEASURES

19960725 Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's message to the Conference on democracy and terrorism of the International Institute for Non-Aligned Studies held in New Delhi today:

25 July 1996

Press Release
SEA/1517

STATES PARTIES TO LAW OF SEA CONVENTION TO ELECT FIRST 21 JUDGES TO INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL

19960725 Judges to Be Sworn by Secretary-General At Inauguration of Tribunal on 18 October in Hamburg