Escobar is gunned down by police. December 5 Omar Bongo is re-elected as President of Gabon in the country's first multiparty elections. Rafael Caldera Rodríguez is elected President of Venezuela for the second time, succeeding interim president Ramón José Velásquez. December 7 In Garden City, New York, six people are murdered and 19 injured in the Long Island Rail Road massacre, a racially motivated mass shooting perpetrated by Colin Ferguson, a black Jamaican immigrant. The 32-member Transitional Executive Committee holds its first meeting in Cape Town, marking the first meeting of an official government body in South Africa with Black members. President of Ivory Coast Félix Houphouët-Boigny dies at 88, the oldest African head of state. He is succeeded four days later by Henri Konan Bédié. December 8 – U.S. President Bill Clinton signs into law the North American Free Trade Agreement. December 11 One of the three blocks of the Highland Towers near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia collapses, killing 48. 1993 Chilean presidential election: Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle is elected with 58% of the vote. December 13 Former Prime Minister of Canada Kim Campbell resigns as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and is succeeded as leader by Jean Charest. The Majilis of Kazakhstan approves the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and agrees to dismantle the more than 100 missiles left on its territory by the fall of the USSR. December 15 – The Uruguay Round of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) talks reach a successful conclusion after seven years. December 17 – Brazil's Supreme Court rules that former President Fernando Collor de Mello may not hold elected office again until 2000 due to political corruption. December 20 The United Nations General Assembly votes to appoint a U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. The first corrected images from the Hubble Space Telescope are taken. December 21 – The Hungarian Parliament elects Péter Boross Prime Minister of Hungary following the death of József Antall on December 12. December 30 The Congress Party gains a parliamentary majority in India after the defection of 10 Janata Dal party lawmakers. Representatives of Israel and the Holy See sign the Fundamental Agreement Between the Holy See and the State of Israel, preparing for the establishment of diplomatic relations. Argentina passes a measure allowing President Carlos Menem and all future presidents to run for a second consecutive term. It also shortens presidential terms to 4 years and