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1996 United Nations Government News & Press Releases

21st October, 1996
INNOVATIVE STRATEGY NECESSARY TO COMBAT SOPHISTICATED CRIMINAL NETWORKS, SAY SPEAKERS IN THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATE ON CRIME
Innovative and comprehensive strategies at the international, regional and national levels were needed to fight increasingly sophisticated criminal networks, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) was told this afternoon, as it continued its general debate on crime, criminal justice, drug prevention and the elaboration...
21st October, 1996
PAKISTAN SAYS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOUTH ASIA COULD HELP REMOVE CAUSES OF CONFLICT WITH INDIA
Speakers in First Committee Express Concern That CTBT Permits Improvement of Nuclear Weapons Through Lab Testing The representative of Pakistan this afternoon called for a multilateral conference on peace and security in South Asia, which had been described as the most dangerous place in the world. Such a conference could help remove...
21st October, 1996
REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS MUST BE SPEEDED, ASSEMBLY'S ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE TOLD
If No Action Taken, Global Temperature Rise Said to Be Inevitable; In Climate Debate, Small Island Nations Also Express Other Concerns Urging a specific target for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the Alliance of Small Island Developing States (AOSIS) told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this afternoon that...
18th October, 1996
RESOURCES FOR UN DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE PREDICTABLE, CONTINUED AND ASSURED, ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD
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18th October, 1996
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONN VITAL TO COMBAT GLOBAL ORGANIZED CRIME, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD
Speakers Address Money Laundering, Protection of Children; Dialogue Held with Executive-Director of UN International Drug Control Programme International cooperation was vital to combat the global nature of organized crime and its links with drug trafficking, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) was told this afternoon,...
18th October, 1996
GOVERNMENT PRONOUNCEMENTS ON DRUG ISSUE NEED CONCRETE PROGRAMMES, RESOURCES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNDCP TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE
Despite expressing a clear determination at the highest levels, all governments were not giving high priority to addressing the drug issue through concrete national policies and programmes, according to Under-Secretary-General Giorgio Giacomelli, Executive Director of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme. He was...
18th October, 1996
SECOND COMMITTEE IS TOLD DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DO NOT NEED 'SERMONS'; ECONOMIC AID SHOULD FLOW WITHOUT INTRUSION INTO DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
Delegates Say Financial Help Is Not Enough; Technology Transfer, Training, Human Resources Development, Trading Reforms Also Needed To achieve true development, developing countries would have to depend upon available human resources, training and technology transfer and not additional financial resources alone, the Second Committee...
18th October, 1996
'VIRTUALLY UNRESTRAINED TRANSFER OF WEAPONS' A MATTER OF IMMENSE CONCERN, ICRC OBSERVER SAYS
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17th October, 1996
DEPLOYMENT OF WEAPONS NEAR RUSSIAN FEDERATION WOULD FORCE IT TO REVIEW APPROACH TO ARMS CONTROL, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD
Representative Expresses Concern Over Possible Eastward Expansion by North Atlantic Treaty Organization Citing the possibility of eastward expansion by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the representative of the Russian Federation said this afternoon that any deployment of tactical nuclear weapons or sophisticated conventional...
17th October, 1996
NEGATIVE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS STRESSED BY SPEAKERS IN SECOND COMMITTEE, AS DEBATE ON WORLD ECONOMY CONTINUES
The total value of losses to Burundi two months after sanctions were imposed on it by its neighbours were estimated to be at $165 million, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) was told this morning, as it continued its general debate on the world economic situation. Calling for the immediate lifting of economic sanctions...
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