Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

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Press Release

FAO/3628/

UP TO 1,500 ANIMAL BREEDS ARE AT RISK OF EXTINCTION, FAO WARNS CORRECTION

7 December 1995


Press Release
FAO/3628/


UP TO 1,500 ANIMAL BREEDS ARE AT RISK OF EXTINCTION, FAO WARNS CORRECTION

19951207

The last sentence of Press Release FAO/3628 of 5 December should be corrected to read as follows:

"So far, about 50 countries in Europe, Asia and the Pacific have nominated national coordinators."

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SOC/CP/176

PLAN TO COMBAT TRANSNATIONAL CRIME ISSUED BY LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MINISTERS

7 December 1995


Press Release
SOC/CP/176


PLAN TO COMBAT TRANSNATIONAL CRIME ISSUED BY LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MINISTERS

19951207 (Delayed in transmission.)

VIENNA, 7 December (UN Information Service) -- High-level delegations from 25 Latin American and Caribbean countries, meeting from 27 to 30 November at a regional workshop in Buenos Aires, pledged to combine national efforts to produce a coordinated response to transnational organized crime.

SC/6138

SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS END TO LOOTING, BURNING IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

7 December 1995


Press Release
SC/6138


SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS END TO LOOTING, BURNING IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

19951207 Presidential Statement Cites Acts Near Mrkonjic Grad, Sipovo

The Security Council this afternoon demanded an immediate end to the looting and burning of houses by Bosnian Croat forces in the area of Mrkonjic Grad and Sipovo, and to similar acts committed by Bosnian Serb forces in other areas of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.