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United Nations Daily Highlights, 97-07-25United Nations Daily Highlights Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The United Nations Home Page at <http://www.un.org> - email: unnews@un.orgDAILY HIGHLIGHTSFriday, 25 July 1997This document is prepared by the Central News Section of the Department of Public Information and is updated every week-day at approximately 6:00 PM. HEADLINES
Members of the Security Council on Friday welcomed the recent arrests in Kenya of persons indicted by the Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and commended the Government of Kenya for its cooperation. Speaking to journalists following Council consultations, the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Peter Osvald of Sweden, said members of the Council expressed full support for the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Also during consultations on Friday, the Council members discussed the Secretary-General's report on Haiti. "There was general support for the recommendations contained in the Secretary-General's report concerning a continued international presence in Haiti until November of this year", said Ambassador Osvald. In his report, the Secretary-General recommended that the Council could establish a new mission that would be known as the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti to support the Haitian authorities in the further professionalization of the Haitian National Police. Ô Muslims refugees and the Bangladeshi authorities continues in two camps in the Cox's Bazar area of Bangladesh, the UN refugee agency reported on Friday. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that refugees in Nayapara camp had been refusing to accept their food rations for the sixth consecutive day and were staying inside their sheds. In another camp in Kutu Palong, the refugees were refusing food rations for the third day and were continuing to stage a sit- down in front of police. "The refugees have been sitting on the ground for two days and two nights, refusing to move", UNHCR said. The refugees insisted that the Bangladeshi authorities put in writing the pledge made over loudspeakers on Wednesday that no-one would be forced back to Myanmar against their will. They also wanted those who have been forced to go back to Myanmar to be allowed to return to Bangladesh. Other refugees said that they would not return to Myanmar while the country was under military rule. UNHCR officials have met with Bangladeshi authorities who expressed willingness to allow the UN refugee agency to restore medical screening of those going back and to allow the sick to remain until their recovery. However, according to UNHCR, Bangladeshi authorities continued to insist that those refugees already cleared for Myanmar should go. There are more than 21,000 refugees remaining in the camps in Bangladesh of whom just under 7,500 have been cleared for return to Myanmar. The UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) has urged authorities in Republika Srpska to provide information on the fate of Avdo Palic, the Commander of Bosnian Army who was seized by armed Bosnian Serb Army soldiers from the UN compound in Zepa. In a statement on the second anniversary of the fall of the UN designated safe area of Zepa to a Bosnian Serb Army onslaught, the Mission paid tribute to Colonel Avdo Palic, who stayed and helped evacuate Zepa's civilians when the area was besieged by the Bosnian Serb Army, forcing the men of Zepa to flee for their lives. Urging the authorities in Republika Srpska to provide all relevant information on the fate of Colonel Palic and the thousands of others who went missing during the war, the UN Mission said all sides should provide such information, adding that the families of the missing persons had already suffered enough. The Economic and Social Council on Thursday reviewed a United Nations report on Israeli settlement activity. The report describes intensified settlement activity in occupied Palestinian and Syrian territories as an attempt by Israel to alter the demographic andÔ increase in unemployment and a significant decrease of income among Palestinians in the occupied territories, along with intensified settlement activities in the Syrian Golan Heights. According to the report, Israeli settlement activities carried out during 1996 could create new geographical and demographic realities before the start of the final stage of peace negotiations. Commenting on the report, a representative of Palestine called on the Council to act in the face of "inhumane and unjustifiable" Israeli actions. The representative of Israel said the debate was part of a unique agenda that singled out Palestinians "as if there was only one group who had serious problems and needed special attention". The United Nations women's anti-discrimination committee has concluded its latest session during which it reviewed the reports of a number of States parties to the Convention on measures taken to implement it. The Convention has been ratified by 160 countries. The chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Selma Khan of Bangladesh, said in New York on Friday that one of the very important features of the just concluded session was the consultation with non-governmental organizations (NGOs). She said a large number of NGOs were invited to give their input to the forthcoming general recommendation on health. "Health is considered to be one of the very important issues both in developed and developing countries and we have also changed to some extent the way we formulate a general recommendation and this is the first time we have decided on input from NGO's," said Ms. Khan. She disclosed that so far the committee has considered over 125 reports. Regional cooperation in the use of military and civil defence assets in relief operations will be the centre of focus at a high- level seminar organized by the UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs, in cooperation with the Government of Indonesia. The seminar, which will be held in Indonesia from 28-31 July, is aimed at promoting enhanced cooperation at the regional level between civil defence and military partners in emergency conditions when local capacities are unable to cope with the consequences of natural or man- made disasters. Participants from the Asia-Pacific region as well as representatives of international and non-governmental organizations involved in humanitarian assistance, will discuss ways to improve partnerships in building international/regional networks for disaster relief. They will also examine the role of States in international emergency relief cooperation, and review disaster assessments, mechanisms and responseÔ For information purposes only - - not an official record From the United Nations home page at <http://www.un.org> - email: unnews@un.orgUnited Nations Daily Highlights Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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