RALPH BUNCHE REMEMBERED AS CHAMPION OF PEACE, TOWERING 20^TH CENTURY FIGURE,

AS UN MARKS CENTENARY OF BIRTH WITH STAMP ISSUE AT HEADQUARTERS CEREMONY

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

216^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE ADDRESSES ISSUES RELATED TO VEHICLE PARKING,

MISSION SECURITY, ENTRY VISAS

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

215^th Meeting (PM)

DELAYS IN OBTAINING ENTRY VISAS, PARKING PROGRAMME DIFFICULTIES

ISSUES RAISED AT HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE MEETING

Meeting for the first time this year, the Committee on Relations with the Host Country today heard complaints over delays in obtaining entry visas and difficulties with the new parking programme.

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

214^th Meeting (PM)

COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH HOST COUNTRY APPROVES ANNUAL REPORT

Travel, Banking Restrictions, New York City

Diplomatic Parking Programme Among Issues Covered

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

213^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES NEW DIPLOMATIC PARKING PROGRAMME,

SCHEDULED TO TAKE EFFECT ON 1 NOVEMBER

CORRECTION

Paragraphs 5 and 11 of Press Release HQ/616 of 15 October should read, as follows:

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

213^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES NEW DIPLOMATIC PARKING PROGRAMME,

SCHEDULED TO TAKE EFFECT ON 1 NOVEMBER

New York City’s new Parking Programme complied with international law, but efforts should be made to ensure it was applied fairly and indiscriminately,

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

212^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES NEW PROVISIONAL PARKING PROGRAMME

Issuance of Visas, Real Estate Taxes also Raised by Delegations

The United States Mission to the United Nations and the City of New York had agreed on a provisional diplomatic parking programme, the Committee on Relations with the Host Country was told this afternoon.

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

211^th Meeting (PM)

COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH HOST COUNTRY CONSIDERS PROBLEM

OF NEW YORK CITY TAX DEMANDS ON LIBYAN MISSION

Also Discussed:  Travel Restrictions on Certain Diplomats,

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

210^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE MEETS TO DISCUSS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, VISAS

The issues of travel restrictions and entry visas were the focus of discussions, as the Committee on Relations with the Host Country met this afternoon.

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

209^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE APPROVES ANNUAL REPORT

The Committee on Relations with the Host Country this afternoon approved its annual report, by which the General Assembly would extend its deepest condolences to the families of those killed in the terrorist attacks on the host city and country on 11 September.