GA/SHC/3305
17 October 1995
Press Release
GA/L/2867
GA/EF/2683
17 October 1995
Press Release
GA/EF/2683
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES CALLED FOR TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT FINANCING
19951017 'Whatever Happened to Peace Dividend?', Economic Committee Is Asked; Debate on External Debt ContinuesGA/DIS/3024
17 October 1995
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GA/DIS/3024
CHINA'S NUCLEAR TESTING WILL CEASE WITH ENACTMENT OF TEST BAN, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD
19951017 China Says Ban Should Not Restrict Peaceful Nuclear Explosions; Control of Conventional Arms, Trust Fund for Land-Mines, Also DiscussedDH/2001
17 October 1995
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DH/2001
DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 17 October 1995
19951017 * Security Council welcomes progress made by Rwandan Government in reconciliation process; reaffirms important role played by UNAMIR in Rwanda and subregion.* General Assembly takes up Secretary-General's report on work of Organization; United States introduces draft resolution aimed at reducing volume of paperwork.
DC/2535
17 October 1995
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DC/2535
REVIEW CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION VIENNA, 25 SEPTEMBER - 13 OCTOBER
19951017 Adopts Ban on Use, Transfer of Blinding Laser Weapons, To Continue Negotiations on Land-Mine Protocol at Two Sessions Next Year17 October 1995
Press Release
17 October 1995
Press Release
NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS
19951017 WORLD LEADERS, AT UNITED NATIONS FORUM IN NEW YORK,TO DISCUSS CURRENT STATUS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Meeting on 25 October will Consider Action Called for by Recent conferences in Vienna and Beijing
SC/6114
The Security Council this afternoon responding to the Secretary-General's recent report on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) welcomed progress made in the past two months by the Government of Rwanda in the national reconciliation process, including the integration of more than 2,000 former Rwandese Government Forces (RGF) troops into the Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA).
GA/SHC/3303
Greater international attention to the needs of the growing elderly population was necessary, speakers told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) this morning, as it continued its discussion of social development questions.