Press Release

16 April 1997

Press Release
SC/6360

SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS IRAQI FLIGHT TO SAUDI ARABIA PROCEEDED WITHOUT CONSULTATION WITH SANCTIONS COMMITTEE

19970416 Presidential Statement States Iraq Requested Release of Frozen Assets to Pay for Pilgrimage Flights

16 April 1997

Press Release
SC/6358

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR HALT TO HOSTILITIES, NEGOTIATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN, SAYING CONTINUED CONFLICT THREATENS REGION

19970416 Presidential Statement Also Calls on Parties, Particularly Taliban, To Abide by Council Resolutions, Cooperate with UN Special Mission

16 April 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6209
AFG/73

SECOND MEETING OF STATES WITH INFLUENCE IN AFGHANISTAN HELD AT HEADQUARTERS ON 16 APRIL

19970416 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

16 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/804

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS VOTES FOR SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON NIGERIA; RESOLUTION ON CHINA FAILS TO COME TO A VOTE

19970416 Measures Approved on Situations in Haiti, Guatemala, Iran, Lebanon, Former Yugoslavia, Zaire, Sudan

(Reissued as received.)

16 April 1997

Press Release
SG/A/631
BIO/3068

16 April 1997

Press Release
SG/A/631
BIO/3067

16 April 1997

Press Release
SC/6359

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ANGOLA VERIFICATION MISSION UNTIL 30 JUNE, WITH UNDERSTANDING OF TRANSITION TOWARDS OBSERVER MISSION

19970416 Adopting Resolution 1106 (1997) Unanimously, Council Requests Report by 6 June on Continued UN Presence

15 April 1997

Press Release
HR/CN/802

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLETES LONG DEBATE ON CHILD RIGHTS

19970415

Conscientious Objection to Military Service, Follow-Up to Human Rights 1993 Conference, Human Rights Defenders Discussed

(Reissued as received.)

15 April 1997

Press Release
SG/T/2093

15 April 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6206

UNITED NATIONS EXPRESSION OF HUMAN FAITH, CONFIDENCE IN FUTURE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING BONINO PRIZE

19970415 Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the Bonino Prize from the Bonino-Pulejo Foundation in Messina, Italy, on 13 April 1997: