Press Release

11 April 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/5954

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ESCALATION OF HOSTILITIES IN LIBERIA

19960411 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for the Secretary- General:

11 April 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/5953

SECRETARY-GENERAL INAUGURATES RALPH BUNCHE CENTER AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY

19960411 Following is the text of a lecture delivered by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the occasion of the inauguration of the Ralph Bunche Center at Howard University in Washington, D.C.:

I have come here to remember and to honour Ralph Bunche. A great international civil servant. A distinguished African-American. An outstanding human being.

11 April 1996

Press Release
L/2785

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT DISCUSSES DRAFT SUMMARY OF CURRENT SESSION

19960411 Chairmen Says Intended to Reflect Issues, Problem Areas

The Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court this afternoon took up consideration of the draft summary of its proceedings.

11 April 1996

Press Release
L/2784

11 April 1996

Press Release
HR/CN/734

MINISTER OF JUSTICE OF HAITI, FOREIGN MINISTER OF CUBA ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

19960411

GENEVA, 10 April (UN Information Service) -- The Minister of Justice and Public Security of Haiti, Pierre Max Antoine, told the Commission on Human Rights this morning that a National Commission of Truth and Justice was now investigating crimes committed during the period following the 1991 military coup d'état.

11 April 1996

Press Release
GA/9055

ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZES $116 MILLION FOR MISSIONS IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS

19960411 Also Adopts Resolutions on Administrative and Budgetary Aspects of Peace-keeping Financing, Scale of Assessments

11 April 1996

Press Release

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE TO VISIT HEADQUARTERS, 12 APRIL

19960411

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

The Prime Minister of Greece, Costas Simitis, will visit Headquarters on Friday, 12 April, to confer with Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

10 April 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/5952

10 April 1996

Press Release
L/2783

10 April 1996

Press Release
HR/CN/732

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TELLS COMMISSION HUMAN RIGHTS MORE THAN EVER CENTRAL TO UN AGENDA

19960410

GENEVA, 9 April (UN Information Service) -- Human rights were now, more than ever, a central issue of the United Nations agenda, the basic link that held together peace and development, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, José Ayala Lasso, said this morning before the Commission on Human Rights.