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SG/SM/6018

AFRICA CAN COUNT ON UNITED NATIONS TO TACKLE CHALLENGES OF TODAY'S WORLD, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS OAU SUMMIT MEETING IN YAOUND+

8 July 1996


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SG/SM/6018


AFRICA CAN COUNT ON UNITED NATIONS TO TACKLE CHALLENGES OF TODAY'S WORLD, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS OAU SUMMIT MEETING IN YAOUNDÉ

19960708 Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to the thirty-second assembly of heads of State and government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in Yaoundé today:

ECOSOC/5659

UN DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES MUST NOT INFRINGE ON GOVERNMENTS' ROLE, COSTA RICA TELLS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

8 July 1996


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ECOSOC/5659


UN DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES MUST NOT INFRINGE ON GOVERNMENTS' ROLE, COSTA RICA TELLS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

19960708

United Nations operational activities for development must not arrogate to themselves an increasingly normative role, as that could only be the domain of national governments accountable to their own people, the representative of Costa Rica told the Economic and Social Council this morning.

ICJ/546

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ISSUES ADVISORY OPINION ON LEGALITY OF THREAT OR USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

8 July 1996


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ICJ/546


INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ISSUES ADVISORY OPINION ON LEGALITY OF THREAT OR USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

19960708 THE HAGUE, 8 July (ICJ) -- The International Court of Justice today handed down its advisory opinion on the request made by General Assembly resolution 49/75 K, of 15 December 1994, on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons.

According to the opinion, the Court:

ECOSOC/5658

UN DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM IN PERIOD OF CHANGE AMID SHRINKING RESOURCES, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL IS TOLD

8 July 1996


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ECOSOC/5658


UN DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM IN PERIOD OF CHANGE AMID SHRINKING RESOURCES, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL IS TOLD

19960708

As it discussed the Organization's operational activities for development, the Economic and Social Council this morning was told by the Director of the Division for Policy Coordination and Economic and Social Council Affairs that the United Nations development system was in a period of change amid shrinking resources.

SC/6241

DECISIONS BY LIBYA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED BY CHAIRMAN

5 July 1996


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SC/6241


DECISIONS BY LIBYA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED BY CHAIRMAN

19960705 The following statement was issued today by the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 748 (1992) concerning Libya, on behalf of Committee members:

SG/SM/6016

UNITED NATIONS SEEKS EVER-CLOSER TIES WITH CARICOM, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SUMMIT MEETING

3 July 1996


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SG/SM/6016


UNITED NATIONS SEEKS EVER-CLOSER TIES WITH CARICOM, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SUMMIT MEETING

19960703

Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's message today to the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM):

I am delighted to send you my warmest best wishes on the occasion of the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community.