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Press Release


DH/2080
13 February 1996


Press Release
DH/2080


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 13 February 1996

19960213 * Security Council approves position of Force Commander for UNPREDEP; authorizes 50 additional military personnel.

* Secretary-General welcomes decision in Sierra Leone to keep 26 February as date for presidential and legislative elections.

DH/2079
12 February 1996


Press Release
DH/2079


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 12 February 1996

19960212 * Member States owe United Nations over $3.3 billion as of 31 January; $1.4 billion owed to regular budget, $1.9 billion to peace-keeping and $11.7 million to International Tribunals.

* UNESCO strongly condemns "murderous" attacks on Algerian press; offers to help rebuild newspaper offices destroyed in car-bombing.