Press Release

19 November 1996

Press Release
SG/2030
SC/6292

SECURITY COUNCIL FAILS TO NOMINATE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR SECOND TERM

19961119 Following a private meeting at Headquarters today, the Security Council issued the following official communique of its 3714th meeting:

18 November 1996

Press Release
DEV/2128

SEMINAR ON GLOBAL MAPPING TO HELP IMPLEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS ENDS WITH STATEMENT FOR PROPOSED ACTION

19961118 Standardization of Data, Financial Incentives, Cooperation Among National, Regional, United Nations Agencies Are Recommended

18 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3393

INTERNATIONAL FORCE NECESSARY TO ENSURE EMERGENCY RELIEF, REFUGEE REPATRIATION IN RWANDA, SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE

19961118 Special Rapporteurs on Cambodia, Iraq, Nigeria, Extrajudicial Executions also Report, as Committee Continues Human Rights Discussion

18 November 1996

Press Release
SG/2029
IHA/609

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR $259.3 MILLION FOR HUMANITARIAN AID TO 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CONFLICT IN EASTERN ZAIRE

19961118 Inter-Agency Flash Appeal for Great Lakes Region Covers Three-Month Period, 1 November 1996-31 January 1997

18 November 1996

Press Release
GA/EF/2753

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD INVITE IMF TO CONSIDER SELLING GOLD RESERVE TO ADDRESS DEBT PROBLEM, BY SECOND COMMITTEE DRAFT

19961118 Other Texts Introduced Concern Israeli Settlements, Global Financial Integration, UNITAR, Land-Locked Developing States

18 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SPD/97

SECURE FINANCING, BETTER CONSULTATION IN AREA OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS URGED; EXPANSION OF COMMITTEE WELCOMED

19961118 Fourth Committee Debate Continues; Ghana Warns Against 'Creeping Privatization' in Hiring of Military Staff on Loan from Member States

18 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3074/

PREVENTION OF VIOLENT DISINTEGRATION OF STATES CALLED FOR IN FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXT

19961118 CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/DIS/3074 issued 15 November, the second paragraph on page 12 should read:

18 November 1996

Press Release
GA/SHC/3394

18 November 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6109
IHA/610

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUNCHES EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR GREAT LAKES REGION

19961118 Following is the Statement of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the launch of the United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Flash Appeal for the Great Lakes region in response to the crisis in eastern Zaire, in New York, 18 November:

18 November 1996

Press Release
GA/L/3025

UNITED NATIONS DECADE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, 1990-1999, ALREADY A SUCCESS, IRELAND TELLS SIXTH COMMITTEE

19961118 Credits Good Organization by Committee, Industry of Secretariat, Cooperation by States, Other Bodies