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SC/6169

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN FEBRUARY

31 January 1996


Press Release
SC/6169


NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN FEBRUARY

19960131 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following new Chairmen of United Nations security bodies will take office on 1 February 1996:

SECURITY COUNCIL

Madeleine K. Albright (United States) will succeed Sir John Weston (United Kingdom) as President of the Security Council.

MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE

SC/6167

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS WESTERN SAHARA MISSION UNTIL 31 MAY

31 January 1996


Press Release
SC/6167


SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS WESTERN SAHARA MISSION UNTIL 31 MAY

19960131 Unanimously Adopts Resolution 1042 (1996); In Absence of 'Meaningful Progress, Will Consider Phased Withdrawal

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 31 May.

DH/2070

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 30 January 1996

30 January 1996


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DH/2070


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 30 January 1996

19960130 * Secretary-General is concerned at sudden outbreak of tension between Greece and Turkey; urges both sides to exercise restraint and resolve differences peacefully.

* Special Representative says institutionalized violence in Haiti largely ended; says violent acts now criminal rather than politically motivated.

SG/SM/5887

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER SUDDEN OUTBREAK OF TENSION BETWEEN GREECE AND TURKEY

30 January 1996


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SG/SM/5887


SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER SUDDEN OUTBREAK OF TENSION BETWEEN GREECE AND TURKEY

19960130 The following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

The Secretary-General is concerned by the sudden outbreak of tension between Greece and Turkey as a result of incidents in the neighbourhood of the uninhabited islet of Imia in the Aegean Sea.

NGO/265

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO CONSIDER RECOMMENDING WITHDRAWAL OF CONSULTATIVE STATUS FOR CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS

30 January 1996


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NGO/265


COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO CONSIDER RECOMMENDING WITHDRAWAL OF CONSULTATIVE STATUS FOR CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS

19960130

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations this morning requested the Secretariat to provide a list of non-governmental organizations that had failed to submit their quadrennial reports for 1988 to 1991, so that the Committee might ask the Economic and Social Council to withdraw their consultative status.