HR/4280
18 January 1996
* Canada will not participate in renewed UNAMIR and will withdraw its contingent; says Security Council has not absorbed lessons from recent peace-keeping operations.
* Secretary-General estimates cost of UNTAES for initial six months will be approximately $128.5 million.
* Resumed session of Review Conference on Conventional Weapons to focus on technical considerations of land-mines.
Youssoufou Bamba, the new Permanent Representative of Côte d'Ivoire to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.