Press Release

26 March 1996

Press Release
L/2763

`CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY' MUST BE PRECISELY DEFINED SAY SPEAKERS IN PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL COURT

19960326 Some Say Such Crimes Can Only Be Prosecuted During Wartime; Others Suggest That `Nexus' between Crimes against Humanity and War Necessary

26 March 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/5938

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UN `UNIQUE INSTRUMENT' IN SERVICE OF MEMBER STATES IN ADDRESS TO UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF CHINA

19960326 ADVANCE RELEASE Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's address to the United Nations Association of China in Beijing, 26 March:

26 March 1996

Press Release
HR/CT/459

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF GUATEMALA'S INITIAL REPORT

19960326 Chairman of Guatemala's Presidential Human Rights Committee Says Government Committed to Addressing Violations by Security Forces

26 March 1996

Press Release
PAL/1830

25 March 1996

Press Release
HR/CN/712

DANISH FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF EFFORTS TO COMBAT TORTURE

19960325 Commission Begins Discussion on Racism; Continues Debate On Right to Self Determination and Violations in Occupied Arab Territories

25 March 1996

Press Release
SG/T/2035

SECRETARY-GENERAL ARRIVES IN BEIJING FOR FIVE-DAY VISIT

19960325

BEIJING, 25 March -- Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali arrived in Beijing Sunday, 24 March, on a five-day mission aimed at strengthening relations between the United Nations and China.

He was received at Beijing's Capital Airport by Vice-Foreign Minister Li Zhao-xing, who served as China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations until May 1995.

25 March 1996

Press Release
HR/CN/710

25 March 1996

Press Release
L/2761

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE ON ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT BEGINS FIRST SESSION

19960325 Elects Officers; Begins Considering 'Core Crimes'

The Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court this morning began its three-week session, electing Adriaan Bos (Netherlands) as Chairman.

25 March 1996

Press Release
DH/2108

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 25 March 1996

19960325 * Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali in Beijing on mission to strengthen UN-China relations.

* More people died from tuberculosis in 1995 than in any other year in history, WHO reports.

25 March 1996

Press Release
HR/CN/713