Plenary


GA/9005
20 November 1995


Press Release
GA/9005


OPENING STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY AS IT COMMEMORATES YEAR OF TOLERANCE

19951120 Following is the text of the statement by General Assembly President Diego Freitas Do Amaral (Portugal) on the United Nations Year of Tolerance, read on his behalf by Acting President Pibulsonggram (Thailand):

GA/9002
17 November 1995


Press Release
GA/9002
REF/1126


OVER $111 MILLION PLEDGED FOR 1996 PROGRAMMES OF UNHCR

19951117

More than $111 million was pledged this morning for the 1996 programmes of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) at the General Assembly's Ad Hoc Committee Meeting for the Announcement of Voluntary Contributions to the UNHCR.