DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 20 October 1995

DH/2004
20 October 1995


Press Release
DH/2004


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 20 October 1995

19951020 * Over one hundred and fifty Heads of State and Government are expected in New York this weekend for special commemorative session of the United Nations.

* There are alarming reports of human rights abuses against non- Serbs from the Banja Luka area, in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina.

FAO PRESENTS AWARDS TO JOURNALISTS, FIELD OFFICERS AND INSTITUTIONS

FAO/3625

19951020 ROME, 19 October (FAO) -- Two radio and print journalists, Fawzia El- Moualled from Egypt and Michael Pickstock from the United Kingdom, were the joint winners of the A.H. Boerma Award for outstanding reporting on development issues, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organizations (FAO) announced today.

FAO also honoured two field experts, Seiichi Etoh from Japan and Roberto Samanez-Mercado from Peru, with the B.R. Sen Award for outstanding work in field activities.

TEXT PROMOTING MULTILINGUALISM INTRODUCED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ENSURE LANGUAGE CONSIDERATION IN UN RECRUITMENT

GA/8961
20 October 1995


Press Release
GA/8961


TEXT PROMOTING MULTILINGUALISM INTRODUCED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ENSURE LANGUAGE CONSIDERATION IN UN RECRUITMENT

19951020 Supporters Say Multilingual Principle Not Being Upheld in Practice; Japan, Malaysia Support Amendments to Address Discrimination Concerns

QUESTIONS OF STATE RESPONSIBILITY AND CONCEPT OF STATE CRIMES REMAIN BEFORE SIXTH COMMITTEE

GA/L/2871
20 October 1995


Press Release
GA/L/2871


QUESTIONS OF STATE RESPONSIBILITY AND CONCEPT OF STATE CRIMES REMAIN BEFORE SIXTH COMMITTEE

19951020 Australia Calls for Inclusion of Internal Armed Conflicts in Draft Code of Crimes

The right to undertake countermeasures and various methods of dispute settlement were discussed this afternoon as the Sixth Committee (Legal) continued discussing State responsibility and the concept of State crimes.