Plenary

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

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

8 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9120

AGENDA ITEM ON GRANTING OF OBSERVER STATUS FOR INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY RECOMMENDED BY GENERAL COMMITTEE

19961008

The General Committee this morning recommended that the General Assembly include in its current agenda an item on the granting of observer status for the International Seabed Authority.

8 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9121

REPORTED IMPROVEMENT IN ECONOMIES OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES A 'MYTH', DJIBOUTI TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961008

View Supported by Cambodia; Bangladesh Concerned over Global Water Supplies; Azerbaijan, Comoros, Palau, Gabon also Speak

8 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9122

NATIONS RECOVERING FROM CIVIL CONFLICT NEED EXTERNAL AID TO REPAIR RAVAGED ECONOMIES, GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD

19961008 Foreign Ministers of Chad, Haiti Review Requirements; Maldives, Grenada, Lesotho Also Highlight Special Problems of Poorest Nations

7 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9118

RENEWED INSTABILITY MIGHT PREVAIL IN MIDDLE EAST IF CURRENT TRENDS OVERSHADOW HOPE FOR PEACE, ASSEMBLY TOLD

19961007 Seven Foreign Ministers Address Assembly, As General Debate Continues

7 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9119

FOREIGN INTERFERENCE MAIN CAUSE OF CONTINUING CONFLICT IN AFGHANISTAN, MINISTER TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961007

Peace Efforts in Africa Reviewed by Eritrea, Uganda, Gambia; Statements also Made by Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda

4 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9116

COMMITMENT TO FIGHT POVERTY NEEDED TO SECURE GLOBAL SECURITY, SAY SPEAKERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961004 Tanzania's President Says Those in Poverty Live in 'World of War'; Two Prime Ministers, Four Foreign Ministers, Also Address Assembly

4 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9117

REGIONAL PEACE-KEEPING EFFORTS NEED GLOBAL SUPPORT TO BE FULLY EFFECTIVE, GHANA AND ZAMBIA TELL GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961004

Fiji Welcomes End of Nuclear Tests; Suriname Notes World Concern On Timber Project; Panama, Seychelles Also Speak in Continuing Debate

3 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9115

REGIONAL STABILITY IS KEY TO GLOBAL PEACE AND SECURITY, FOREIGN MINISTERS TELL GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961003 Problems in Afghanistan, Africa, Middle East Cited; Statements By Zaire, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Hungary, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Guinea

Regional stability was seen as a key to international peace and security by several speakers in this afternoon's continuation of the general debate in the General Assembly.