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HR/4206

The Security Council this afternoon decided that the election to fill the vacancy on the International Court of Justice will be held on 28 February 1996.

By adopting without a vote resolution 1018 (1995), in accordance with Article 14 of the Statute of the Court, the Security Council set the date for its simultaneous meeting with the General Assembly to elect the new member of the Court, who will serve out the remainder of the nine-year term of Judge Andres Aguilar Mawdsley (Venezuela), until 5 February 2000. Judge Mawdsley died on 24 October.

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SG/2019
L/2746

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DH/2016

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 6 November 1995

* General Assembly eulogizes Israel's assassinated Prime Minister.

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GA/DIS/3032

GLOBAL LAND-MINE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO TEAR COUNTRIES APART, UNITED STATES TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

"The global land-mine problem continues to worsen at an alarming rate, ruining lives and tearing countries apart", the representative of the United States told the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) this morning, as it began its consideration of draft resolutions on disarmament.

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HR/4204

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GA/AB/3036

FIFTH COMMITTEE HEARS CALL FOR ACTION TO CORRECT DEFICIENCIES IN UNITAR AND UNHCR OPERATION

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GA/SHC/3312

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GA/8986

SPEAKERS EXPRESS GREAT SHOCK OVER ASSASSINATION OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER

Speakers in the General Assembly this morning expressed great shock and sadness over the tragic assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and praised him as a man who had dedicated his life to his country and to the cause of peace.

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GA/L/2882

LEGAL COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON CHARTER AND STRENGTHENING OF ORGANIZATION