Press Release

9 October 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3091

UNITED STATES PLACES NEW CONDITIONS ON PAYMENT OF ARREARS, USG FOR ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT TELLS FIFTH COMMITTEE

19961009 Demands Include Cost Reductions in UNCTAD, DPI, Regional Commissions and Conference Services; Also 10 Per Cent in Staff Cuts

9 October 1996

Press Release
DEV/2120

NEW UNITED NATIONS HANDBOOK INDICATES GLOBAL ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION PATTERN IN YEARS 1991-1994

19961009 Overall Output Increase Reported; United States, Russian Federation, China Major Sources of Global Production

9 October 1996

Press Release
GA/SPD/85

SITUATION IN NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES REVIEWED BY SPEAKERS IN CONTINUING DEBATE IN FOURTH COMMITTEE

19961009 Completion of Decolonization Process Is Urged; Some Delegates Say Self-Determination Is Not Always Choice of Colonial Peoples

9 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9123

DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION GREATEST CHALLENGES FACING LIBERIA, CHAIRMAN OF LIBERIA'S COUNCIL OF STATE TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961009

She Commits Transitional Government to Peace Process, May 1997 Elections; Western Samoa, Malawi, Equatorial Guinea, Kyrgyz Republic, Nepal Also Speak

9 October 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6073
ND/411

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES VIGOROUS ACTION BY GOVERNMENTS, CITIZENS, ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION

19961009 Following is the text of a statement issued today by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the occasion of the International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction:

I welcome the celebration today of International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction, whose theme for 1996 is "Cities at Risk".

8 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9121

REPORTED IMPROVEMENT IN ECONOMIES OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES A 'MYTH', DJIBOUTI TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961008

View Supported by Cambodia; Bangladesh Concerned over Global Water Supplies; Azerbaijan, Comoros, Palau, Gabon also Speak

8 October 1996

Press Release
GA/SPD/84/

FOURTH COMMITTEE HEARS STATEMENTS ON SITUATIONS RELATING TO GUAM, GIBRALTAR, NEW CALEDONIA, WESTERN SAHARA CORRECTION

19961008

In Press Release GA/SPD/84, issued 7 October, the second paragraph on page 13 should read:

The representative of Algeria said that the normal process of circulating petitions should be respected.

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8 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9122

NATIONS RECOVERING FROM CIVIL CONFLICT NEED EXTERNAL AID TO REPAIR RAVAGED ECONOMIES, GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD

19961008 Foreign Ministers of Chad, Haiti Review Requirements; Maldives, Grenada, Lesotho Also Highlight Special Problems of Poorest Nations

8 October 1996

Press Release
GA/9120

AGENDA ITEM ON GRANTING OF OBSERVER STATUS FOR INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY RECOMMENDED BY GENERAL COMMITTEE

19961008

The General Committee this morning recommended that the General Assembly include in its current agenda an item on the granting of observer status for the International Seabed Authority.

8 October 1996

Press Release
HR/4303

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT RIGHTS SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN

19961008 (Delayed in transmission.)