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DH/2055
9 January 1996


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DH/2055


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 9 January 1996

19960109 * Security Council strongly condemns human rights violations in Croatia; urges Government to bring perpetrators to trial promptly.

* Secretary-General meets with Pope John Paul II in Rome; discusses United Nations financial crisis and critical situation in Africa with Italian Government leaders.

DH/2054
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
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
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.