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DH/2062

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 19 January 1996

19 January 1996


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DH/2062
DH/2063


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 19 January 1996

19960119 * Security Council President agrees Secretary-General should send technical mission to assess security for humanitarian agencies in Burundi; 10,000 refugees flee into neighboring Tanzania.

* Secretary-General invites Iraq to discuss Security Council resolution permitting limited sale of oil in exchange for medicine and food.

SG/SM/5876

UNITED NATIONS ON BRINK OF FINANCIAL COLLAPSE BECAUSE OF MEMBERS' FAILURE TO FULFIL OBLIGATIONS

States to Retain Control of Expenditures from Alternative Source of Revenue

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

Over the past months, the Secretary-General has repeatedly called the attention of Member States to the very critical financial situation of the United Nations and has encouraged discussions on a number of far-reaching suggestions to alleviate the problem.

PI/928

DPI PUBLISHES 'THE UNITED NATIONS AND SOMALIA, 1992-1996'

18 January 1996


Press Release
PI/928


DPI PUBLISHES 'THE UNITED NATIONS AND SOMALIA, 1992-1996'

19960118

The United Nations operation in Somalia, the first time peace-keepers ventured into a failed State, was one of the most complex and intensely debated in the Organization's history.