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DH/2046

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 19 December 1995

19 December 1995


Press Release
DH/2046


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 19 December 1995

19951219 * Security Council extends UNFICYP mandate until 30 June 1996; urges reduction in number of foreign troops and cut in defence spending in Cyprus.

* Security Council expresses strong support for Secretary-General's efforts to enhance United Nations capacity to plan, deploy and sustain peace-keeping operations.

SC/6144

AUTHORIZATION UNNECESSARY FOR SHIPMENTS TO FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA, WITH SANCTIONS SUSPENDED, SAYS YUGOSLAV SANCTIONS COMMITTEE

19 December 1995


Press Release
SC/6144


AUTHORIZATION UNNECESSARY FOR SHIPMENTS TO FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA, WITH SANCTIONS SUSPENDED, SAYS YUGOSLAV SANCTIONS COMMITTEE

19951219

The following statement was issued today by Ambassador Emilio J. Cardenas (Argentina), Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 724 (1991) concerning Yugoslavia, on behalf of the members:

GA/AB/3057

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES $325.7 MILLION FOR UNMIH, UNIFIL AND MINURSO

18 December 1995


Press Release
GA/AB/3057


FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES $325.7 MILLION FOR UNMIH, UNIFIL AND MINURSO

19951218 Approves $19.6 Million for Management Information and Budget Implications of UNCED Follow-up, Assistance to Afghanistan, Central America

DH/2045

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 18 December 1995

18 December 1995


Press Release
DH/2045


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 18 December 1995

19951218 * Secretary-General, in press conference at Headquarters, announces he will visit Kuwait soon; says international community must not allow Africa to become marginalized.

* General Assembly welcomes OSCE role in Bosnian Peace Agreement and Basic Agreement on Eastern Slavonia; welcomes intensified cooperation between United Nations and OSCE.

GA/SHC/3351/

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD CONDEMN ARBITRARY EXECUTION OF NINE NIGERIANS, ACCORDING TO THIRD COMMITTEE DRAFT, APPROVED IN RECORDED VOTE

18 December 1995


Press Release
GA/SHC/3351/


GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD CONDEMN ARBITRARY EXECUTION OF NINE NIGERIANS, ACCORDING TO THIRD COMMITTEE DRAFT, APPROVED IN RECORDED VOTE

19951218 Assembly Would Call on Nigerian Government to Observe Fundamental Freedoms

CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/SHC/3351 of 14 December, the tenth paragraph on page 6 should be corrected to read as follows: