Press Release

23 July 1996

Press Release
ECOSOC/5680

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TAKES ACTION ON DRAFTS RECOMMENDED BY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

19960723 Votes on Texts Relating to Right to Development; Staff of Human Rights Centre; Human Rights in Cuba, Southern Lebanon, Iraq

23 July 1996

Press Release
REF/1149

22 July 1996

Press Release
ECOSOC/5678

22 July 1996

Press Release
ECOSOC/5676/

LINK BETWEEN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSED IN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

19960722 CORRECTION

The second complete paragraph on page 9 of Press Release ECOSOC/5676 of 19 July should read as follows:

22 July 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6024

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS INABILITY TO ATTEND ECOWAS SUMMIT IN ABUJA; DESIGNATES JAMES JONAH AS SPECIAL ENVOY

19960722 The following statement was made today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

A ministerial meeting and summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will be held from 22 to 27 July in Abuja.

22 July 1996

Press Release
ECOSOC/5677

22 July 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6025

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS KILLINGS IN BURUNDI; CALLS ON PARTIES TO CONFLICT TO CEASE IMMEDIATELY ACTS OF VIOLENCE

19960722 The following statement was made today by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

19 July 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6022

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED AT DEATHS OF SUDANESE REFUGEES IN ATTACKS ON REFUGEE CAMP IN NORTHERN UGANDA

19960719 Condemns Wanton Murder and Destruction, Urges Uganda to Reinforce Safety Measures

Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

19 July 1996

Press Release
ECOSOC/5675

RESPONSIBILITY OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS TO SAVE LIVES, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL IS TOLD

19960719 Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Says Contemporary Humanitarian Crises Originate in Lack of Development

19 July 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6023

SECRETARY-GENERAL MARKS LAUNCHING OF UNITED NATIONS 'SPORT AND ENVIRONMENT' STAMPS

19960719 Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to mark the launching of the United Nations "sport and the environment" stamps. It was delivered yesterday in Atlanta by Joe Sills, Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Washington, D.C.: