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DH/2054

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 5 January 1996

5 January 1996


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DH/2054


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 5 January 1996

19960105 * Security Council condemns those responsible for daily killings, massacres, tortures and arbitrary detentions in Burundi and demands such actions cease.

* UNHCR Sadako Ogata to arrive in Burundi Sunday for urgent talks on steps to defuse volatile situation there.

SC/6156

SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS COMMITTEES ELECT OFFICERS FOR 1996

4 January 1996


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SC/6156


SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS COMMITTEES ELECT OFFICERS FOR 1996

19960104 NEW YORK, 4 January (Department of Political Affairs) -- On 3 January the President of the Security Council, Sir John Weston (United Kingdom), convened meetings of the Council's Sanctions Committees, which are composed of all members of the Council, to elect their respective bureaus for 1996.

The composition of the elected Bureaus is as follows:

DH/2053

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 4 January 1996

4 January 1996


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DH/2053


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 4 January 1996

19960104 * Secretary-General stresses importance of cooperation between UN agencies and regional and non-governmental organizations; meets with Grand Imam in Cairo.

* Committee on Rights of Child to consider 7 country reports at eleventh session in Geneva next week.

* Security Council Sanctions Committees elect officers for 1996.

DH/2052

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 3 January 1996

3 January 1996


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DH/2052


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 3 January 1996

19960103 * Secretary-General warns massive ethnic violence could explode in Burundi; asks Security Council to reconsider proposals for a preventive deployment of military guards and personnel.

* UNHCR food convoys reach northern Burundi for first time in 10 days.

SG/T/2017

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN EGYPT, MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK

2 January 1996


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SG/T/2017


SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN EGYPT, MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK

19960102

CAIRO, 2 January -- Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali was received at 9 a.m. today by Egyptian President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak. The meeting, in tête-à-tête, lasted for an hour.