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DH/2094
5 March 1996


Press Release
DH/2094


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 5 March 1996

19960305 * Security Council condemns in strongest terms violence in Burundi; demands all concerned refrain from inciting violence or destabilizing Government.

* Secretary-General asks General Assembly to extend MINUGUA mandate until 31 December; says repeated and serious human rights violations continue in Guatemala.

SG/SM/5906
4 March 1996


Press Release
SG/SM/5906


SECRETARY-GENERAL SPEAKS OF SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM IN LECTURE AT FOREIGN MINISTRY OF MEXICO

19960304 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's Magisterial Lecture delivered today at the auditorium of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico:

I would like to speak to you today on a subject that a Secretary-General is not supposed to address: Security Council reform.

SG/SM/5905
4 March 1996


Press Release
SG/SM/5905


SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS TERRORIST BOMBING IN JERUSALEM

19960304 The following was issued yesterday, 3 March, by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali condemned the terrorist bombing of a bus in Jerusalem -- the third in eight days -- as a brutal and cowardly act.