Plenary

16 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9134

COMMITMENTS OF COPENHAGEN SUMMIT CONSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CHILE TELLS ASSEMBLY

19961016 Plenary Begins Review of Follow-Up to 1995 Summit

15 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9131

STRUCTURAL, CIRCUMSTANTIAL LIMITATIONS CHALLENGE EFFECTIVENESS OF WORLD COURT, PRESIDENT OF COURT TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961015 Assembly Also Continues Review of Goal Implementation of Summit for Children

15 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9133

GENERAL ASSEMBLY GRANTS OBSERVER STATUS TO INTERPOL

19961015

The General Assembly decided to invite the International Criminal Police Organization-Interpol to participate in its activities as an observer, by adopting, without a vote, a resolution introduced by Sweden this afternoon.

14 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9130

PROGRESS ACHIEVED TOWARDS MAJOR GOALS OF 1990 WORLD SUMMIT FOR CHILDREN, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN MID-TERM REVIEW

19961014

Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali told the General Assembly this morning that considerable and widespread progress had been made to improve the health, nutrition, education and protection of the world's children, major goals set at the 1990 World Summit for Children.

11 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9129

AS REFORMS PROCEED, UNITED NATIONS MUST BE SURE TO SERVE INTERESTS OF ALL ITS MEMBERS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD

19961011 Debate Ends on Secretary-General's Report; Some Warn That Organization Must Not Become Instrument of Wealthier States

11 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9127

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9126

ASSEMBLY'S GENERAL DEBATE, CONCLUDED TODAY, IS ONLY UNIVERSAL OPPORTUNITY FOR STATES TO SHARE VIEWS WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR

19961010 Says Razali Ismail (Malaysia), Assembly President, in Concluding Statement

This is the text of the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Razali Ismail (Malaysia), at the conclusion of the general debate of the fifty-first session this afternoon:

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9124

DESPITE CURRENT 'ANGUISH', AFRICA STILL HAS POTENTIAL FOR STABILITY AND PROSPERITY, ASSEMBLY IS TOLD

19961010 Continent's Economic and Social Problems Are Reviewed By Leaders of Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Mauritius, Madagascar

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9125

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES OPENING DEBATE ONE DAY EARLY, HEARING STATEMENTS BY VANUATU, THAILAND

19961010 Assembly President Cites Savings Realized As 'Small but Significant Signal' of Commitment to Reform

9 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9123

DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION GREATEST CHALLENGES FACING LIBERIA, CHAIRMAN OF LIBERIA'S COUNCIL OF STATE TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961009

She Commits Transitional Government to Peace Process, May 1997 Elections; Western Samoa, Malawi, Equatorial Guinea, Kyrgyz Republic, Nepal Also Speak