Plenary

6 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9190

STATEMENT BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY

19961206 Following is the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Razali Ismail (Malaysia) to commemorate the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 6 December 1996:

5 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9187
PAL/1837

5 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9185

NEED FOR IMPROVED EFFORTS TO REMOVE ANTI-PERSONNEL LAND-MINES STRESSED THIS MORNING IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961205

Continued Existence of Some 110 Million Unexploded Mines Worldwide Described as "The War That Never Ends"

5 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9188

AID SOUGHT FOR LEBANON, THREE AFRICAN NATIONS, COUNTRIES HARMED BY COUNCIL SANCTIONS ON FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

19961205 Assembly Adopts Five Texts; President, in Statement, Urges Procedures to Allow Current Session to Complete Work on Schedule

Factions in the Liberian conflict and their leaders were urged by the General Assembly this afternoon to cease all hostilities and disarm their combatants according to the agreed timetable.

5 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9186
PAL/1836

FAILURE TO ADDRESS SOCIO-ECONOMIC NEEDS OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEES STRENGTHENS ANTI-PEACE FORCES, ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TELLS UNRWA PLEDGING CONFERENCE

19961205 This is the text of a statement today by the President of the General Assembly, Razali Ismail (Malaysia), at the pledging conference for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):

4 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9183/

PARTIES TO MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS URGED TO SET ASIDE SHORT-TERM INTERESTS, FOR GREATER GOAL OF COMMON PROSPERITY

19961204 CORRECTION

On page 5 of Press Release GA/9183 of 3 December, the speaker for Syria should read: MIKHAIL WEHBE (Syria).

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4 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9184

ASSEMBLY URGES SPEEDED-UP MIDDLE EAST PEACE TALKS, STRESSES NEED FOR EARLY PROGRESS IN ARAB-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS

19961204

Seven Texts Adopted on Situation in Region; International Support Sought; Dissent on Provisions Relating to Jerusalem, Syrian Golan

3 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9183

PARTIES TO MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS URGED TO SET ASIDE SHORT-TERM INTERESTS, FOR GREATER GOAL OF COMMON PROSPERITY

19961203 Syria Tells General Assembly All in Region Will Benefit From Settlement; Critics Say Israel Has Not Fully Honoured Commitments

3 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9182

PEACE EFFORTS WILL FAIL WITHOUT SYRIAN, LEBANESE PARTICIPATION, ISRAEL TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961203 Draft Text on Middle East Peace Process Introduced; Saudi Arabia Says Israeli Settlements Threaten Peace Process

2 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9181

MESSAGE OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ON WORLD AIDS DAY

19961202 Following is the message of the President of the General Assembly, Razali Ismail (Malaysia), on the occasion of World AIDS Day, 2 December 1996: