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SEA/1505
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GA/9012
RWANDA TELLS ASSEMBLY REPATRIATION, RECONCILIATION, RECONSTRUCTION HELD BACK BY INTIMIDATION IN CERTAIN REFUGEE CAMPS, APPEALS FOR HELP IN NORMALIZATION
19951128Draft on Aid to Djibouti Introduced as Assembly Discusses Coordination of Humanitarian, Disaster Relief Aid, Volunteer Participation
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HR/4247
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES FIFTEENTH SESSION (GENEVA, 13-24 NOVEMBER)
19951128 Adopts Final Observations and Conclusions On Reports of Denmark Guatemala, United Kingdom and Colombia
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SC/6131
SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MANDATE OF UNDOF UNTIL 31 MAY
19951128The Security Council this afternoon renewed the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) on the Syrian Golan Heights for a further six months, until 31 May 1996. The Force was established in 1974 to supervise the cease-fire called for by the May 1974 Agreement on Disengagement between Israeli and Syrian forces.
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GA/AB/3047
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SC/6129
SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE END TO FIGHTING IN SIERRA LEONE
19951127The Security Council this afternoon called for an immediate end to the fighting in Sierra Leone and urged the Revolutionary United Front whose attempt to overthrow the Government in 1991 began the conflict, to take advantage of the Secretary-General's offer of good offices to facilitate negotiations.
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GA/9009
ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR SUPPORT FOR ZONE OF PEACE, COOPERATION IN SOUTH ATLANTIC, ASKS STATES TO REFRAIN FROM AGGRAVATING TENSIONS IN REGION
19951127"Cuba considered itself surrounded by forces "which are hostile to the Government and the system", the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cuba, Carl Johan Groth, told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) this morning, as it continued its consideration of human rights questions. He added that when a country felt threatened, it was less likely to change.