Press Release

19 December 1995

Press Release
GA/AB/3058

SUSPENSION OF PROBATIONARY APPOINTMENTS LIFTED, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19951219 Approves Draft Decisions on Commission Of Inquiry in Rwanda, Rights of Child, Staff Rules

19 December 1995

Press Release
GA/9041

ASSEMBLY CALLS ON STATES TO PROMOTE PEACE IN AFGHANISTAN, STOP FLOW OF ARMS TO ALL PARTIES; APPEALS TO WARRING PARTIES TO RESPECT HUMANITARIAN LAW

19951219 Approves Funding for UNMIH, UNIFIL, Considers Drafts on Situation in Burundi

19 December 1995

Press Release
GA/9040
UNU/168

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS QUESTION OF HOW MUCH AUTHORITY UNITED NATIONS SHOULD EXERCISE IN COMING DECADES NEEDS URGENT CONSIDERATION

19951219 Speaks at Public Forum On `UN in 21st Century' Organized by UN University

19 December 1995

Press Release
DH/2046

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 19 December 1995

19951219 * Security Council extends UNFICYP mandate until 30 June 1996; urges reduction in number of foreign troops and cut in defence spending in Cyprus.

* Security Council expresses strong support for Secretary-General's efforts to enhance United Nations capacity to plan, deploy and sustain peace-keeping operations.

18 December 1995

Press Release
SOC/4388

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL YEAR FOR POVERTY ERADICATION WITH CALL FOR STRATEGIES, TARGET DATES FOR ACHIEVING GOAL

19951218 Assembly President Says International Community Must Understand Need and Possibility to Reduce Poverty, Eliminate Its Misery

18 December 1995

Press Release
SG/SM/5855

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO ERITREA,YEMEN TO SETTLE ISLAND DISPUTE PEACEFULLY

19951218 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

18 December 1995

Press Release
GA/SHC/3351/

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD CONDEMN ARBITRARY EXECUTION OF NINE NIGERIANS, ACCORDING TO THIRD COMMITTEE DRAFT, APPROVED IN RECORDED VOTE

19951218 Assembly Would Call on Nigerian Government to Observe Fundamental Freedoms

CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/SHC/3351 of 14 December, the tenth paragraph on page 6 should be corrected to read as follows:

18 December 1995

Press Release
GA/AB/3057

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES $325.7 MILLION FOR UNMIH, UNIFIL AND MINURSO

19951218 Approves $19.6 Million for Management Information and Budget Implications of UNCED Follow-up, Assistance to Afghanistan, Central America

18 December 1995

Press Release
GA/9039

ROLE OF ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE IN BOSNIAN PEACE WELCOMED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19951218

Also Appoints Members to ACABQ, Committee on Contributions, Board of Auditors, Investments Committee, Administrative Tribunal

18 December 1995

Press Release
DH/2045

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 18 December 1995

19951218 * Secretary-General, in press conference at Headquarters, announces he will visit Kuwait soon; says international community must not allow Africa to become marginalized.

* General Assembly welcomes OSCE role in Bosnian Peace Agreement and Basic Agreement on Eastern Slavonia; welcomes intensified cooperation between United Nations and OSCE.