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HE/931

NIGERIAN ACTIVIST KEN SARO-WIWA, NOBEL PRIZE WINNER PAUL CRUTZEN, AMONG 21 ENVIRONMENTALISTS TO RECEIVE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME AWARD

30 May 1996


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HE/931


NIGERIAN ACTIVIST KEN SARO-WIWA, NOBEL PRIZE WINNER PAUL CRUTZEN, AMONG 21 ENVIRONMENTALISTS TO RECEIVE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME AWARD

19960530

NAIROBI, 29 May 1996 (UNEP) -- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced that it has recognized the extraordinary contributions of 21 individuals and organizations to environmental protection by electing them to the prestigious ranks of its Global 500 Roll of Honour.

SOC/CP/187

DRAFTS ON 'CRIME AND SECURITY', WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL COURT INTRODUCED IN CRIME COMMISSION

29 May 1996


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SOC/CP/187


DRAFTS ON 'CRIME AND SECURITY', WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL COURT INTRODUCED IN CRIME COMMISSION

19960529 Discussion of Matters Related to Technical Cooperation Begins

(Reproduced as received from UN Information Service.)

VIENNA, 24 May -- A draft declaration on "crime and security" was introduced this afternoon in the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice by the representative of the United States.

SG/SM/5992

ONLY GLOBAL ACTION CAN ERADICATE EVIL OF TERRORISM, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO PREPARATORY MEETING FOR TERRORISM SYMPOSIUM

29 May 1996


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SG/SM/5992


ONLY GLOBAL ACTION CAN ERADICATE EVIL OF TERRORISM, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO PREPARATORY MEETING FOR TERRORISM SYMPOSIUM

19960529

Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's message delivered to the preparatory meeting for the International Symposium on Terrorism in Cairo today by the Acting Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), K.P. Moorhty:

SG/SM/5991

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NEW FORMS OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION REQUIRED TO MEET NEW GLOBAL ISSUES

29 May 1996


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SG/SM/5991
REF/1140


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NEW FORMS OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION REQUIRED TO MEET NEW GLOBAL ISSUES

19960529 ADVANCE TEXT Addresses Geneva Conference on Refugees and Migrants in CIS

Following is the text of the statement to be made by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at the Conference on Refugees and Migrants in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), which starts tomorrow, 30 May, at Geneva:

REF/1141

GENEVA CONFERENCE TO TACKLE MASSIVE DISPLACEMENT IN COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES

29 May 1996


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REF/1141


GENEVA CONFERENCE TO TACKLE MASSIVE DISPLACEMENT IN COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES

19960529

GENEVA, 29 May (UNHCR) -- Representatives from more than 60 nations are expected in Geneva this week for a major international conferences focusing on one of the most destabilizing issues facing the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) -- the displacement of some 9 million people in the region since 1989.