Press Release

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3051

10 October 1996

Press Release
SC/6277

SELFISHNESS, GREED STYMIE PEACE PROCESS IN ANGOLA, ZIMBABWE'S FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

19961010 Says Council Must Decisively Salvage Process, Restore UN Credibility; Foreign Ministers of Angola, Mozambique, Botswana Also Address Council

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9125

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES OPENING DEBATE ONE DAY EARLY, HEARING STATEMENTS BY VANUATU, THAILAND

19961010 Assembly President Cites Savings Realized As 'Small but Significant Signal' of Commitment to Reform

10 October 1996

Press Release
PI/970/

UNITED NATIONS FINANCIAL SITUATION DISCUSSED AT DPI/NGO CONFERENCE CORRECTION

19961010

In the statement by the representative of Canada, in Press Release PI/970 of 12 September, the second sentence in the second complete paragraph on page 4 should read as follows:

10 October 1996

Press Release
FAO/3637

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3050

FIRST COMMITTEE HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION

19961010 The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) this morning elected its Vice-Chairmen and Rapporteur and approved the programme of work for its current session.

Elected as Vice-Chairmen were Andre Mernier (Belgium) and Andelfo Garcia (Columbia). Parfait Onanga (Gabon) was elected Rapporteur. Alyaksandr Sychou (Belarus) was elected Chairman on 17 September.

10 October 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6074

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO WORK TOWARDS DEFUSING TENSION IN EASTERN ZAIRE

19961010 Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

10 October 1996

Press Release
AFG/71
WFP/1036

BAN ON AFGHAN WOMEN WORKING OUTSIDE HOME THREATENS HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS, WFP DIRECTOR SAYS

19961010 Ban on Education for Girls Also Cited By Director of Largest Relief Agency in Afghanistan

10 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9126

ASSEMBLY'S GENERAL DEBATE, CONCLUDED TODAY, IS ONLY UNIVERSAL OPPORTUNITY FOR STATES TO SHARE VIEWS WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR

19961010 Says Razali Ismail (Malaysia), Assembly President, in Concluding Statement

This is the text of the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Razali Ismail (Malaysia), at the conclusion of the general debate of the fifty-first session this afternoon:

10 October 1996

Press Release
SC/6276

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER LACK OF PROGRESS ON INVESTIGATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

19961010 Presidential Statement Appeals to Parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina To Help Identify Fate of Missing Persons for Humanitarian and Legal Purposes