Press Release

15 April 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/5958

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE TO INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL

19960415 Following is the text of the message from Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to the ninety-fifth Inter-Parliamentary Conference, which began today in Istanbul:

On behalf of the United Nations and on my own behalf, I would like to wish you the greatest success in the work you are about to undertake at this Conference.

15 April 1996

Press Release
SC/6207

ISRAEL WILL HAVE NO PEACE UNTIL IT WITHDRAWS FROM LEBANON, LEBANON'S REPRESENTATIVE TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

19960415 Thirty-two Speakers Address Israel's Attacks in Lebanon; Israel Defends Action as Necessary Defence against Hezbollah

15 April 1996

Press Release
SC/6206*

SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS IN RESPONSE TO SECURITY MEASURES IMPOSED BY ISRAEL ON WEST BANK, GAZA

19960415 Thirty-eight Speakers Address Council; Measures Called 'Collective Punishment' That Threaten Peace Process

15 April 1996

Press Release
POP/617

15 April 1996

Press Release
GA/9058

15 April 1996

Press Release
GA/9057

ASSEMBLY BEGINS RESUMED FIFTIETH SESSION TO CONSIDER PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT

19960415 Secretary-General Says All Nations Have To Rethink Issues Of Governance; Draft Resolution Recognizes Need To Optimize UN Role

15 April 1996

Press Release
ECLAC/340

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN MUST DOUBLE GROWTH RATE TO OVERCOME SOCIAL INEQUITY, STATES NEW ECLAC STUDY

19960415

Latin America and the Caribbean must double their recent growth rates if social backwardness is to be overcome, warns the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in a new study prepared for its twenty-sixth session, currently under way through 20 April in San José, Costa Rica.

15 April 1996

Press Release
DEV/2108
ORG/1219

12 April 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/5957

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR RESTRAINT IN LEBANON

19960412 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

12 April 1996

Press Release
SC/6205

SIGNING OF AFRICAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE TREATY IN CAIRO PRAISED BY SECURITY COUNCIL AS `HISTORIC'

19960412 Presidential Statement Also Notes Adoption of `Cairo Declaration'

The signing of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (The Treaty of Pelindaba) on 11 April in Cairo was an important contribution by African countries to the maintenance of international peace and security, stated the Security Council this afternoon.