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SG/SM/5887

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER SUDDEN OUTBREAK OF TENSION BETWEEN GREECE AND TURKEY

30 January 1996


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SG/SM/5887


SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER SUDDEN OUTBREAK OF TENSION BETWEEN GREECE AND TURKEY

19960130 The following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

The Secretary-General is concerned by the sudden outbreak of tension between Greece and Turkey as a result of incidents in the neighbourhood of the uninhabited islet of Imia in the Aegean Sea.

NGO/265

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO CONSIDER RECOMMENDING WITHDRAWAL OF CONSULTATIVE STATUS FOR CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS

30 January 1996


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NGO/265


COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO CONSIDER RECOMMENDING WITHDRAWAL OF CONSULTATIVE STATUS FOR CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS

19960130

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations this morning requested the Secretariat to provide a list of non-governmental organizations that had failed to submit their quadrennial reports for 1988 to 1991, so that the Committee might ask the Economic and Social Council to withdraw their consultative status.

DH/2070

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 30 January 1996

30 January 1996


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DH/2070


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 30 January 1996

19960130 * Secretary-General is concerned at sudden outbreak of tension between Greece and Turkey; urges both sides to exercise restraint and resolve differences peacefully.

* Special Representative says institutionalized violence in Haiti largely ended; says violent acts now criminal rather than politically motivated.

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS SYMPOSIUM ON UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL CONFERENCES TO BE HELD 1 FEBRUARY

30 January 1996


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NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS SYMPOSIUM ON UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL CONFERENCES TO BE HELD 1 FEBRUARY

19960130

A symposium will be held on the significance of United Nations Global Conferences on Thursday, 1 February 1996, from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Harold M. Proshansky Auditorium of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 33 West 42nd Street. A reception will follow.