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DH/2067
25 January 1996


Press Release
DH/2067


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 25 January 1996

19960125 * Secretary-General recommends extension of UNIFIL mandate until 31 July; says Force contributes to stability in Lebanon.

* Secretary-General calls for early conclusion of comprehensive test ban treaty as Disarmament Conference begins 1996 session in Geneva.

DCF/248
25 January 1996


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DCF/248


CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT OPENS FIRST PART OF 1996 SESSION

19960125

GENEVA, 23 January (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament today heard appeals for the rapid conclusion of a comprehensive nuclear test-ban treaty by June 1996 and reestablished its Ad Hoc Committee on a Nuclear-Test Ban, as it began the first part of its 1996 session.

BIO/3004*
25 January 1996


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BIO/3004*
ECOSOC/5634


JEAN-MARIE KACOU GERVAIS OF COTE D'IVOIRE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

19960125 Biographical Note Jean-Marie Kacou Gervais, Permanent Representative of Côte d'Ivoire to the United Nations, was today elected President of the Economic and Social Council for 1996.

Mr. Gervais, who has been serving as his country's Permanent Representative since 1992, was a Vice-President of the Council in 1995.