Press Release

18 December 1996

Press Release
IK/212

CLAIMANTS FOR SUFFERING IN 1990 INVASION OF KUWAIT TO RECEIVE $637 MILLION COMPENSATION IN FOURTH POST-WAR PAYOUT

19961218 Revenue from 'Oil-for-Food' Formula Being Tapped by UN Commission; National Oil Company Will Initially Get $610 Million for Cost of Putting Out Well Fire

18 December 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3132

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD REDUCE 1996-1997 BUDGET TO $2.603 BILLION IF IT ADOPTS DRAFTS RECOMMENDED BY FIFTH COMMITTEE

19961218 Administrative and Budgetary Deliberations Due to Continue This Morning

18 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9212

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL ELECT KOFI ANNAN (GHANA)

19961218

This is the transcript of a press conference held at Headquarters today by Secretary-General elect, Kofi Annan:

18 December 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6134

REPRESENTATIVES OF GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MEET WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ENVOY, AGREE TO FURTHER TALKS IN JANUARY

19961218 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

18 December 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3133

SUSTAINED ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY TO BE PRIORITIES OF UN INTO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

19961218 Under Medium-term Plan Recommended for Adoption By Assembly as Administrative and Budgetary Committee Suspends Work

17 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9210

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT WELCOMES SECRETARY-GENERAL-DESIGNATE INTO COLLECTIVE ENDEAVOUR TO STEER UN COURSE TO BETTER SERVE NEEDS OF HUMANITY

19961217 Following is the statement made today by the President of the General Assembly, Razali Ismail (Malaysia), at the plenary on agenda item 16 -- appointment of the Secretary-General:

17 December 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6133/Rev.1

SECRETARY-GENERAL BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI REVIEWS TERM OF OFFICE, SAYS INDEPENDENCE AND FIDELITY TO UN CHARTER CRUCIAL

19961217 Farewell Assembly Address Notes Increasing Demands on World Body; Ongoing Reform Dependent on End to Financial Crisis, Full Payment of Members' Dues

This is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- Ghali to the General Assembly this afternoon:

17 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9208

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPOINTS KOFI ANNAN OF GHANA AS SEVENTH SECRETARY-GENERAL

19961217 Also Adopts Legal Committee Texts, Resolutions on Bosnia and Herzegovina, World Television Day

The General Assembly this afternoon appointed by acclamation Kofi Annan of Ghana as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, with a term beginning on 1 January 1997 and ending 31 December 2001.

17 December 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6132

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST ICRC WORKERS

19961217 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

I have learned with shock of the attack this morning on seven members of the International Committee of the Red Cross working near Grozny, in the Republic of Chechnya of the Russian Federation.

17 December 1996

Press Release
DEV/2129