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DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 8 December 1995

DH/2039
8 December 1995


Press Release
DH/2039


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 8 December 1995

19951208 * Peace Implementation Conference opens in London.

* In Croatia, joint Croatian-Yugoslav Commission for missing persons begins work on cooperation in search for missing people.

* UNESCO Director-General appeals for peace in conflict ravaged countries.

ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE, CONTINUES DEBATE ON FOLLOW-UP TO SOCIAL SUMMIT

GA/9029
8 December 1995


Press Release
GA/9029


ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE, CONTINUES DEBATE ON FOLLOW-UP TO SOCIAL SUMMIT

19951208

The Secretary-General was requested to consider ways of strengthening cooperation between the United Nations and the University for Peace by the terms of a resolution adopted this morning by the General Assembly without a vote.

COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT SEEKING TWO-DAY HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE ON SOCIAL, ECONOMIC IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION DURING NEXT ASSEMBLY SESSION

GA/EF/2715
8 December 1995


Press Release
GA/EF/2715


COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT SEEKING TWO-DAY HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE ON SOCIAL, ECONOMIC IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION DURING NEXT ASSEMBLY SESSION

19951208 Other Drafts Deal with Roles of Science and Technology, Human Resources in Development, Natural Disaster Reduction, Environment

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF RWANDA MISSION UNTIL 12 DECEMBER

SC/6139
8 December 1995


Press Release
SC/6139


SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF RWANDA MISSION UNTIL 12 DECEMBER

19951208 Mandate Was Due to Expire at Midnight Today; Secretary-General's Report Notes Government Does Not Agree to Extension

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) until 12 December 1995. The mandate was due to expire today at midnight.

DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS INDISSOLUBLY LINKED SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

SG/SM/5842
8 December 1995


Press Release
SG/SM/5842
HRD/158


DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS INDISSOLUBLY LINKED SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

19951208 ADVANCE RELEASE Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's message on the occasion of Human Rights Day, which will be commemorated on 10 December 1995: