Press Release

18 October 1995

Press Release
GA/EF/2684

EXTERNAL DEBT PROBLEM NEEDS COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION, INDIA TELLS ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE

19951018 Strategy Must Include Debt Reduction, Rescheduling, Increased Financing; Link Between Debt Problem, Development of Least Developed Countries Also Cited

18 October 1995

Press Release
GA/DIS/3025

FRANCE'S PACIFIC NUCLEAR TESTING `MUST STOP NOW', MARSHALL ISLANDS TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

19951018 Says Tests Violate Treaties, Environment, Human Rights; France States Health, Environment, Stability Concerns Unfounded.

18 October 1995

Press Release
GA/AB/3023

UNITED STATES WILL NOT PAY MORE THAN 25 PER CENT OF PEACE-KEEPING COSTS, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19951018 Consideration of Scale of Assessments and Related Expenses Continues

18 October 1995

Press Release
GA/8958

ASSEMBLY ADOPTS DECLARATION TO MARK FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF END OF SECOND WORLD WAR

19951018 Calls on States to Maintain Efforts to End Conflicts, Save Future Generations from Scourge of New Wars and Racial Hatred

18 October 1995

Press Release
GA/8957/

ASSEMBLY TAKES UP SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REPORT ON WORK OF ORGANIZATION

19951018 Draft Resolution Introduced on Limiting Tide of Documents Flooding the Organization

CORRECTION

On page 9 of Press Release GA/8957 of 17 October, the fifth sentence of the fourth paragraph should read as follows:

18 October 1995

Press Release
DH/2002

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 18 October 1995

19951018 * Secretary-General says Non-Aligned Movement must continue fight for economic and social development; meets with Presidents of Algeria, Colombia and Philippines.

* General Assembly adopts Declaration to mark fiftieth anniversary of end of Second World War.

17 October 1995

Press Release
UNU/163

UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY SPONSORS THREE-DAY CONFERENCE ON CONTINUING RESEARCH INTO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

19951017

Joint Project with Environmental Studies Group in Japan; Meeting Will Consider Alternative Policy Options for Global Action

17 October 1995

Press Release
SOC/NAR/714

17 October 1995

Press Release
SG/SM/5771

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR SHARED EFFORT TO PROMOTE CULTURE OF PEACE

19951017 ADVANCE RELEASE

Following is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- Ghali marking the beginning of the World Week of Peace:

17 October 1995

Press Release
SG/SM/5770

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NEGLECT OF DEVELOPMENT CAN LEAD TO BREACHES OF PEACE, THREATEN GLOBAL SECURITY

19951017 Message to Mark International Day for Eradication of Poverty

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to mark the observance today, 17 October, as International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: