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10 December 1996

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SG/SM/6125
HR/4317

DEPUTY SPECIAL ENVOY FOR GEORGIA OPENS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE IN SUKHUMI, ABKHAZIA, GEORGIA

19961210 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

9 December 1996

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HR/4313

9 December 1996

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GA/9192

SEABED AUTHORITY, INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR LAW OF THE SEA CONSTITUTED IN 1996, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

19961209 Establishment in 1997 of Commission on Limits of Continental Shelf Will Complete Process Envisioned by Law of Sea Convention

9 December 1996

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SG/SM/6122

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES COOPERATION BETWEEN WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT-ORIENTED UNCTAD, IN MESSAGE TO MINISTERIAL MEETING

19961209 Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's message to the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization delivered today by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Singapore:

9 December 1996

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DC/2573

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION, PREPARING FOR 1997 SESSION, TO HOLD FURTHER MEETING TO REVIEW AGENDA ITEMS

19961209

The Disarmament Commission, in a resumed organizational session, this morning discussed items to be included in the provisional agenda of its 1997 substantive session. That session, it was decided, should be held on 21 April through 13 May.

9 December 1996

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HR/4314

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES FIFTEENTH SESSION

19961209 Issues Recommendations on Reports of Dominican Republic, Portugal (Macau), Belarus, Finland, and United Kingdom (Hong Kong)

9 December 1996

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GA/9193

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SEEKS MAXIMUM SUPPORT FOR LAW OF SEA CONVENTION; NON-SIGNATORY STATES ASKED TO JOIN

19961209

Other Texts Express Concern at Over-Fishing; Violations Of Global Moratorium on Use of Large-Scale Drift-Nets on High Seas

9 December 1996

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SG/SM/6123

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES SHARED IDEALS OF UNITED NATIONS AND OIC IN MESSAGE TO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE IN JAKARTA

19961209 Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's message to the Twenty-fourth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers delivered today by the Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Adrianus Mooy, in Jakarta:

9 December 1996

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GA/9191

9 December 1996

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ICEF/1836

UNICEF REPORT DEMANDS END TO MOST INTOLERABLE FORMS OF CHILD LABOUR, SUCH AS PROSTITUTION, BONDED LABOUR

19961209 ADVANCE TEXT

'1997 State of World's Children Report' Presents Six Steps to End Child Labour, Which Affects 250 Million