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REF/1123

GRACA MACHEL NAMED 1995 NANSEN MEDAL WINNER

18 October 1995


Press Release
REF/1123


GRACA MACHEL NAMED 1995 NANSEN MEDAL WINNER

19951018 GENEVA, 17 October (UNHCR) -- Mozambican humanitarian Graca Machel was named today as the 1995 Nansen Medal winner for her outstanding contributions on behalf of refugee children.

High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata, will present the award, the thirty-fifth since 1955, to Ms. Machel at a ceremony on Friday, 20 October, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

SC/6114

SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES RWANDA'S RECONCILIATION PROGRESS

The Security Council this afternoon responding to the Secretary-General's recent report on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) welcomed progress made in the past two months by the Government of Rwanda in the national reconciliation process, including the integration of more than 2,000 former Rwandese Government Forces (RGF) troops into the Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA).

SG/SM/5768

GOVERNMENT OF GUATEMALA AND URNG CONCLUDES ANOTHER ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS

The following statement was originally issued in Spanish yesterday, 16 October, by the United Nations moderator of the peace negotiations between the Government of Guatemala and the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG):

Another round of negotiations between the Government of Guatemala and the URNG ended on Saturday, 14 October, in the city of Querétaro Mexico, on the item "Socio-economic aspects and agrarian situation". This round of negotiations was devoted to the sub-item "State management in socio-economic development".