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24 January 1996

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SG/SM/5882
IK/186

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPECTS TO PROPOSE SOON DATE FOR DISCUSSING 'OIL-FOR-FOOD' FORMULA WITH IRAQ

19960124 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

24 January 1996

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REF/1132

24 January 1996

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HR/4285

24 January 1996

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DH/2066

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 24 January 1996

19960124 * Security Council calls on Somali political leaders to return to inclusive negotiations; condemns violence against humanitarian workers.

* Secretary-General prepares for talks with Iraq on "food for oil" formula, as humanitarian agencies report millions of Iraqis at severe nutritional risk.

24 January 1996

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DCF/247*

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO HOLD FIRST PART OF 1996 SESSION AT GENEVA, 22 JANUARY - 29 MARCH

19960124 Background Release Priority to Be Given to Negotiations To Conclude Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty

(Delayed in transmission.)

24 January 1996

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23 January 1996

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WOM/887

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN INFORMED OF REFORM OF PARAGUAY'S PENAL CODE

19960123

Efforts were under way to reform Paraguay's patriarchal penal code, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was told this afternoon as it concluded examination of that country's implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

23 January 1996

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WOM/886

23 January 1996

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HR/4286