Press Release

21 March 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/5931

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST ACT TO AVERT IMPENDING WATER SUPPLY 'CATASTROPHE' SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD WATER DAY MESSAGE

19960321 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the occasion of the observance of World Water Day 1996, in Beijing on 22 March:

I send warm greetings to all those taking part in Beijing in the global observance of World Water Day 1996.

21 March 1996

Press Release
WOM/916

SEVEN DRAFT TEXTS INTRODUCED IN COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN

19960321

The Commission on the Status of Women would condemn the murders, violence and terrorism against women journalists, particularly in Algeria, by the terms of one of seven drafts introduced in that body this afternoon.

21 March 1996

Press Release
PI/935

21 March 1996

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SG/SM/5934
CA/118

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS SUSPENSION OF MILITARY OPERATIONS IN GUATEMALA SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD IN PEACE PROCESS

19960321 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

21 March 1996

Press Release
HR/CT/457

21 March 1996

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SG/SM/5932

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ADDRESS TO FRENCH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

19960321 Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's address, translated from the French, to the French Institute of International Relations, in Paris today:

21 March 1996

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DEV/2102*

21 March 1996

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SG/SM/5930
RD/871

POLITICAL WILL TO ELIMINATE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION MUST BE STRONGER ON EVE OF NEW CENTURY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

19960321 Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which is observed on 21 March:

21 March 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/5935

SERIOUS HUMANITARIAN NEEDS CONTINUE IN DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, SAYS DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS

19960321 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

20 March 1996

Press Release
HR/CT/456

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF SPAIN

19960320

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was part and parcel of Spain's domestic legal order and was directly invoked in the courts, the Human Rights Committee was told this afternoon by that country's delegation, as it began consideration of Spain's fourth periodic report.