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DH/2281
27 November 1996


Press Release
DH/2281


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 27 November 1996

19961127 * Security Council extends mandate of UN Disengagement Observer Force for further six months.

* Security Council extends mandate of UN Preventive Deployment Force for another six months.

* Mandates of UN Observer Mission in Liberia and UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara extended for further six months.

SC/6296
27 November 1996


Press Release
SC/6296


SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS WESTERN SAHARA MANDATE UNTIL 31 MAY 1997

19961127

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for six months, until 31 May 1997. It took that action by unanimously adopting its resolution 1084 (1996).