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GA/AB/3029

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $21.7 MILLION FOR MISSION IN HAITI

31 October 1995


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GA/AB/3029


FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $21.7 MILLION FOR MISSION IN HAITI

19951031

The General Assembly would authorize and assess $21.7 million gross ($21.4 million net) for the United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) for the period 1 to 30 November, if it adopts a draft decision approved this morning by the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary). The Committee also began considering how to improve the Organization's financial situation.

DH/2012

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 31 October 1995

31 October 1995


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DH/2012


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 31 October 1995

19951031 * Security Council asks United Nations Secretariat to prepare report for it on fate of missing persons from Srebrenica, Zepa and Banja Luka.

* On eve of departure from Zagreb, Special Representative Akashi reiterates there can be no military solution to conflict in former Yugoslavia.

SG/A/613

MAJOR-GENERAL GIAN GIUSEPPE SANTILLO (ITALY) TO COMMAND UNITED NATIONS IRAQ-KUWAIT OBSERVER MISSION (UNIKOM)

30 October 1995


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SG/A/613


MAJOR-GENERAL GIAN GIUSEPPE SANTILLO (ITALY) TO COMMAND UNITED NATIONS IRAQ-KUWAIT OBSERVER MISSION (UNIKOM)

19951030

Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has announced the appointment of Major-General Gian Giuseppe Santillo of Italy to be Force Commander of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM), with effect from 1 December next.

HR/4200

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD OPENS TENTH SESSION

30 October 1995


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HR/4200


COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD OPENS TENTH SESSION

19951030

GENEVA, 30 October (UN Information Service) -- A conference of all States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child will be held on 8 December to decide on expanding the membership of the Committee charged with monitoring its implementation, Ibrahima Fall, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, said this morning.