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ECLAC/340

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN MUST DOUBLE GROWTH RATE TO OVERCOME SOCIAL INEQUITY, STATES NEW ECLAC STUDY

15 April 1996


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ECLAC/340


LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN MUST DOUBLE GROWTH RATE TO OVERCOME SOCIAL INEQUITY, STATES NEW ECLAC STUDY

19960415

Latin America and the Caribbean must double their recent growth rates if social backwardness is to be overcome, warns the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in a new study prepared for its twenty-sixth session, currently under way through 20 April in San José, Costa Rica.

SG/SM/5957

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR RESTRAINT IN LEBANON

12 April 1996


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SG/SM/5957


SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR RESTRAINT IN LEBANON

19960412 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

SC/6205

SIGNING OF AFRICAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE TREATY IN CAIRO PRAISED BY SECURITY COUNCIL AS `HISTORIC'

12 April 1996


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SC/6205


SIGNING OF AFRICAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE TREATY IN CAIRO PRAISED BY SECURITY COUNCIL AS `HISTORIC'

19960412 Presidential Statement Also Notes Adoption of `Cairo Declaration'

The signing of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (The Treaty of Pelindaba) on 11 April in Cairo was an important contribution by African countries to the maintenance of international peace and security, stated the Security Council this afternoon.

PI/936

KANAZAWA MUNICIPAL IZUMINO LIBRARY DESIGNATED UNITED NATIONS DEPOSITORY LIBRARY

12 April 1996


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PI/936


KANAZAWA MUNICIPAL IZUMINO LIBRARY DESIGNATED UNITED NATIONS DEPOSITORY LIBRARY

19960412

The Kanazawa Municipal Izumino Library, in Kanazawa, Japan has been designated a United Nations depository library, making it part of an international network of 352 libraries in 142 countries that brings United Nations documents and publications to users around the world.

HR/CN/736

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ADOPTS MEASURES ON EASING EFFECTS OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMMES

12 April 1996


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HR/CN/736


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ADOPTS MEASURES ON EASING EFFECTS OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMMES

19960412 Also Takes Action on Right to Development, Forced Evictions, Toxic Waste

GENEVA, 11 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights this afternoon approved a resolution and a decision calling for the easing of the effects of economic structural adjustment programmes and foreign debt burdens on developing countries.