Press Release

9 January 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/5862

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP SORROW OVER DEATH OF FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS MITTERRAND

19960109

Following is the text of a statement made yesterday by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the occasion of the death of the former President of France:

The Secretary-General has learned with deep sorrow and profound regret of the death this morning of Francois Mitterrand, the former President of France.

9 January 1996

Press Release
H/2892

8 January 1996

Press Release
SC/6158

SECURITY COUNCIL STRONGLY CONDEMNS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN CROATIA'S FORMER SECTORS NORTH AND SOUTH

19960108 Pays Tribute to Late French President François Mitterrand, Friend of UN, Strong Defender of its Principles and Objectives

5 January 1996

Press Release
REF/1130

5 January 1996

Press Release
SC/6157

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS, IN STRONGEST TERMS, THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLENCE IN BURUNDI

19960105 Presidential Statement Says Daily Killings, Torture, Massacres, Arbitrary Detentions Must Cease Immediately

5 January 1996

Press Release
DH/2054

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 5 January 1996

19960105 * Security Council condemns those responsible for daily killings, massacres, tortures and arbitrary detentions in Burundi and demands such actions cease.

* UNHCR Sadako Ogata to arrive in Burundi Sunday for urgent talks on steps to defuse volatile situation there.

4 January 1996

Press Release
DH/2053

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 4 January 1996

19960104 * Secretary-General stresses importance of cooperation between UN agencies and regional and non-governmental organizations; meets with Grand Imam in Cairo.

* Committee on Rights of Child to consider 7 country reports at eleventh session in Geneva next week.

* Security Council Sanctions Committees elect officers for 1996.

4 January 1996

Press Release
SG/T/2019

4 January 1996

Press Release
SC/6154

FORMER YUGOSLAVIA DOMINATES 1995 SECURITY COUNCIL'S ACTIONS CULMINATING IN IMPLEMENTATION OF DAYTON AGREEMENT

19960104 Operations Conclude in Mozambique, El Salvador, Somalia; Foreign Ministers Say Council Must Build upon Its Peace-Keeping Experience

4 January 1996

Press Release
SC/6156

SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS COMMITTEES ELECT OFFICERS FOR 1996

19960104 NEW YORK, 4 January (Department of Political Affairs) -- On 3 January the President of the Security Council, Sir John Weston (United Kingdom), convened meetings of the Council's Sanctions Committees, which are composed of all members of the Council, to elect their respective bureaus for 1996.

The composition of the elected Bureaus is as follows: