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SIGNING OF AFRICAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE TREATY IN CAIRO PRAISED BY SECURITY COUNCIL AS `HISTORIC'

SC/6205
12 April 1996


Press Release
SC/6205


SIGNING OF AFRICAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE TREATY IN CAIRO PRAISED BY SECURITY COUNCIL AS `HISTORIC'

19960412 Presidential Statement Also Notes Adoption of `Cairo Declaration'

The signing of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (The Treaty of Pelindaba) on 11 April in Cairo was an important contribution by African countries to the maintenance of international peace and security, stated the Security Council this afternoon.

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN MUST DOUBLE GROWTH RATE TO OVERCOME SOCIAL INEQUITY, STATES NEW ECLAC STUDY

ECLAC/340
15 April 1996


Press Release
ECLAC/340


LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN MUST DOUBLE GROWTH RATE TO OVERCOME SOCIAL INEQUITY, STATES NEW ECLAC STUDY

19960415

Latin America and the Caribbean must double their recent growth rates if social backwardness is to be overcome, warns the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in a new study prepared for its twenty-sixth session, currently under way through 20 April in San José, Costa Rica.

ISR"L WILL HAVE NO PEACE UNTIL IT WITHDRAWS FROM LEBANON, LEBANON'S REPRESENTATIVE TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

SC/6207
15 April 1996


Press Release
SC/6207


ISRAEL WILL HAVE NO PEACE UNTIL IT WITHDRAWS FROM LEBANON, LEBANON'S REPRESENTATIVE TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

19960415 Thirty-two Speakers Address Israel's Attacks in Lebanon; Israel Defends Action as Necessary Defence against Hezbollah

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE TO INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL

SG/SM/5958
15 April 1996


Press Release
SG/SM/5958


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE TO INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL

19960415 Following is the text of the message from Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to the ninety-fifth Inter-Parliamentary Conference, which began today in Istanbul:

On behalf of the United Nations and on my own behalf, I would like to wish you the greatest success in the work you are about to undertake at this Conference.