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Articles in June, 1994 issue of UN Chronicle

• Assembly, council support steps to promote first non-racial, democratic elections - UN General Assembly and Security Council actions to assist South Africa's first democratic elections, Apr 1994 - includes related article on UN special seminars on South A
• Civilian human rights observers return; UN mission faces obstacles - UN/Organization of American States International Civilian Mission in Haiti
• Ethnic conflicts, turmoil persist; observer status granted to CIS - Commonwealth of Independent States - includes information on refugee problems in Central Asia and safety concerns over the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
• 'Unprecedented expansion' not matched by financial support - increased demands for UN operations for peace and security in member-state nations - includes brief summary of UN peacekeeping missions in 1993
• Women and children: increasingly targeted by HIV - includes one AIDS patient's description of his illness - Fight AIDS Worldwide - Cover Story
• Natural resources committee calls for global water plan - UN Committee on Natural Resources second session, Feb 22-Mar 4, 1994 addresses water management and sustenance if mineral resources
• Regions prepare for 1995 congress - planning for ninth UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders for early 1995
• The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook 1993, vol. 18. - book reviews
  by Harold Fruchtbaum
• The 38th floor: a time for realism; following are excerpts from statements by UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali made between 1 January and 31 March 1994
• Mandate for UNOSOM II revised; 'coercive methods' not to be used - UN Operation in Somalia emphasizes nation building
• Return to 'normal life' in Sarajevo urged; new agreement, cease-fires reached, but situation 'far from stable.' - includes related article on book 'I Dream of Peace: Images of War by Children of Former Yugoslavia'
• Two major accords signed - conflict and refugee issues in the former Soviet republic of Georgia
• Commission confronts 'new realities'; 109 texts adopted at six-week session - Jun 1993 meetings of UN Commission on Human Rights
• Draft for 1995 summit prepared - World Summit for Social Development completes preliminary document at UN Preparatory Committee session, Jan 31-Feb 11, 1994
• Desertification convention nears completion - UN International Negotiating Committee's Jan 17-28 and Mar 21-31, 1994 sessions on a desertification convention
• Commission gives high priority to monitoring global trends - UN Population Commission meeting, Mar 28-31, 1994 - includes information on preparation of action program to be recommended at the Sep 5-13, 1994 International Conference on Population and Devel
• Women, the Environment and Sustainable Development: Towards a Theoretical Synthesis. - book reviews
  by Harold Fruchtbaum
• Deteriorating security situation continues: UNAMIR mandate extended - UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda - includes related articles on developments that led to Rwanda's tragic civil war and UN efforts to investigate atrocities resulting from the Oct 1993 o
• Identification Commission to proceed with voter registration - UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara voter operation to assist in verification of eligible voters
• Lack of agreement reported on confidence-building package - Greeks and Turks reject UN Sec Gen Boutros Boutros Ghali's proposals for recognition of each party's right to security
• Task of nation-building 'monumental.' - UN Sec Gen Boutros Boutros Ghali's concerns for Cambodia
• High Commissioner for Human Rights: the 'moral voice of humanity.' - UN appoints Jose Ayala Lasso - Interview
• Equal pay, urban women problems discussed by Commission - UN Commission on the Status of Women, 38th session, Mar 7-18, 1994 - includes news of other developments pertaining to equal pay and equality in marriage
• Small island nations face big issues at Barbados conference - planning for UN Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Apr 25-May 6, 1994
• Students discuss UN issues in ambassadors' chairs - UN International Student Conference, Mar 3-4, 1994 at NY headquarters
• Rescue Mission Planet Earth: A Children's Edition of Agenda 21. - book reviews
  by Harold Fruchtbaum
• Progress towards national reconciliation reported; mandate of UNAVEM II extended - UN Angolan Verification Mission continues to monitor efforts to end civil war between the government and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, UNITA
• National Transitional Government installed as disarmament begins - Liberia - includes related article on US and UK dispute with Libya dispute over 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland
• Security Council condemns 'appalling' Hebron massacre - UN body acts to protect Palestinians after the fatal attack on mosque worshippers in Hebron on the West Bank - includes related article on work of UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees
• Completion of inspections urged - UN Security Council seeks completion of International Atomic Energy Agency investigation into North Korea's development of nuclear weapons
• Confronting a calamity: to combat the world's most menacing epidemic, the UN mounts a new joint programme - includes related articles on AIDS information, demographics, vaccine research and sex research - Fight AIDS Worldwide - Cover Story
• Renewable energy sources discussed - first meeting of the reorganized UN Committee on New and Renewable Sources of Energy and on Energy for Development, Feb 7-18, 1994
• Fate of world's fisheries debated - UN Conference on Stradling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, second session, Mar 14-31, 1994
• A time to reflect, a time to look forward - Gillian Martin Sorensen, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General for Information and Public Policy, plans 50th anniversary events
• Life, Death and Aid: The Medecins Sans Frontieres Report on World Crisis Intervention. - book reviews
  by Harold Fruchtbaum
• Timetable for withdrawal of ONUMOZ asked - UN Operation in Mozambique
• Peaceful, historic elections 'acceptable' but second round required; 1.5 million voters at poll - El Salvador
• Chemical warfare agents destroyed, Special Commission reports - UN Special Commission on Iraqi Disarmament completes demolition of identifiable chemical weapon materials and equipment
• 1994 session cites 'increased need for disarmament.' - UN Conference on Disarmament meeting, Jan 25-Mar 31, 1994 - includes news of other UN actions on disarmament and chemical weapons
• Acting now to make a difference - Michael Merson, executive director WHO Global Program on AIDS - Fight AIDS Worldwide - Cover Story - Interview
• Capturing sun-rays, reaping the wind - UN Sec Gen report on concerns over decreased use of renewable energy sources
• International cartels expand influence, INCB reports - UN International Narcotics Control Board report
• Investigating the acts of desperate men - UN history entrenched in the United Nations War Crimes Commission of 1943
  by Harold Fruchtbaum
• From the 'A-train' to fighting AIDS - Keith Haring lithograph created in 1990 to accompany a UN Postal Association stamp series