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GA/SHC/3346

NINE DRAFT TEXTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES INTRODUCED IN THIRD COMMITTEE

8 December 1995


Press Release
GA/SHC/3346


NINE DRAFT TEXTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES INTRODUCED IN THIRD COMMITTEE

19951208

The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) this afternoon heard the introduction of nine draft resolutions relating to human rights issues.

GA/9029

ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE, CONTINUES DEBATE ON FOLLOW-UP TO SOCIAL SUMMIT

8 December 1995


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GA/9029


ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE, CONTINUES DEBATE ON FOLLOW-UP TO SOCIAL SUMMIT

19951208

The Secretary-General was requested to consider ways of strengthening cooperation between the United Nations and the University for Peace by the terms of a resolution adopted this morning by the General Assembly without a vote.

DH/2039

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 8 December 1995

8 December 1995


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DH/2039


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 8 December 1995

19951208 * Peace Implementation Conference opens in London.

* In Croatia, joint Croatian-Yugoslav Commission for missing persons begins work on cooperation in search for missing people.

* UNESCO Director-General appeals for peace in conflict ravaged countries.

SOC/CP/176

PLAN TO COMBAT TRANSNATIONAL CRIME ISSUED BY LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MINISTERS

7 December 1995


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SOC/CP/176


PLAN TO COMBAT TRANSNATIONAL CRIME ISSUED BY LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MINISTERS

19951207 (Delayed in transmission.)

VIENNA, 7 December (UN Information Service) -- High-level delegations from 25 Latin American and Caribbean countries, meeting from 27 to 30 November at a regional workshop in Buenos Aires, pledged to combine national efforts to produce a coordinated response to transnational organized crime.

SC/6138

SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS END TO LOOTING, BURNING IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

7 December 1995


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SC/6138


SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS END TO LOOTING, BURNING IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

19951207 Presidential Statement Cites Acts Near Mrkonjic Grad, Sipovo

The Security Council this afternoon demanded an immediate end to the looting and burning of houses by Bosnian Croat forces in the area of Mrkonjic Grad and Sipovo, and to similar acts committed by Bosnian Serb forces in other areas of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.