Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Press Release

DH/2092

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 1 March 1996

1 March 1996


Press Release
DH/2092


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 1 March 1996

19960301 * Security Council extends mission in Haiti for final four months until 30 June; reduces number of troops and civilian police.

* Secretary-General says Rwandan Government has strong reservations about UN troop presence; therefore, no alternative to UNAMIR withdrawal after mandate ends on 8 March.

SG/SM/5902

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES VALUE OF UN AS FORUM AND MECHANISM TO ADDRESS GLOBAL ISSUES IN ADDRESS TO RIO BRANCO INSTITUTE IN BRASILIA

29 February 1996


Press Release
SG/SM/5902


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES VALUE OF UN AS FORUM AND MECHANISM TO ADDRESS GLOBAL ISSUES IN ADDRESS TO RIO BRANCO INSTITUTE IN BRASILIA

19960229 ADVANCE TEXT Following is a text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's address to the Rio Branco Institute in Brasilia on 29 February 1996:

It is a great pleasure for me to be here in Brasilia. I am especially pleased to have this opportunity to address the Rio Branco Institute.

SC/6188

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MISSION IN HAITI UNTIL 30 JUNE

29 February 1996


Press Release
SC/6188


SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MISSION IN HAITI UNTIL 30 JUNE

19960229

The Security Council this evening extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) for a final period of four months until 30 June, while decreasing the mission's troop level to no more than 1,200 and its civilian police personnel to no more than 300.