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TAD/1828
6 May 1996


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TAD/1828


REQUIREMENTS FOR FUNCTIONING MARKET ECONOMY AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED AT UNCTAD IX

19960506

MIDRAND, South Africa, 3 May -- Requirements for and attempts towards a functioning market economy were among the issues discussed by speakers this morning, as the ninth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD IX) continued its general debate.

ECOSOC/5639
3 May 1996


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ECOSOC/5639


ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL REJECTS ACCREDITATION OF TIBETAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN TO HABITAT II

19960503

The Economic and Social Council this morning rejected accreditation of the United States-based Tibetan Rights Campaign to the forthcoming second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), by a recorded vote of 21 in favour of rejection to 15 against, with 16 abstentions. (For details of the voting, see Annex.)

SG/SM/5978
3 May 1996


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SG/SM/5978
ECA/670


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES POSITIVE TRENDS IN AFRICA IN MESSAGE TO ANNUAL SESSION OF ECA

19960503 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to the thirty-first session of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the twenty-second meeting of the Conference of Ministers responsible for Economic and Social Development and Planning, in Addis Ababa on 6 May: