Secretary-General


SG/SM/5818
22 November 1995


Press Release
SG/SM/5818


SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS CANADA'S ROLE IN PROMOTION OF PEACE, DEVELOPMENT

19951122 Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's statement on arrival in Ottawa yesterday, 21 November:

I am delighted to be back in Canada. I am a frequent visitor to your country. So there can be no doubt about how much I enjoy coming here.

SG/SM/5814

States Organization Should Continue To Show Prevailing Openness in World Offers Formidable Opportunity for Future

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's message to the special meeting of the General Assembly on 20 November, marking the end of the United Nations Year for Tolerance:

By solemnly deciding to declare 1995 the "United Nations Year for Tolerance", the United Nations sought to demonstrate -- by that very declaration -- its commitment and resolve in the service of the rights of the human person.

SG/T/2000
20 November 1995


Press Release
SG/T/2000


SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT CANADA 21-23 NOVEMBER

19951120 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

SG/SM/5816
20 November 1995


Press Release
SG/SM/5816
GA/AB/3044


FOR GREATER EFFECTIVENESS, UN SYSTEM MUST BE ABLE TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN STAFF OF HIGHEST CALIBRE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FIFTH COMMITTEE

19951120 Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's statement delivered this afternoon to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) under the item on the United Nations common system:

SG/A/614

Biographical Note Samir Sanbar, Assistant Secretary-General for Public Information, today announced the appointment of Sylvana Foa as Spokeswoman for the Secretary- General, effective 1 January 1996, replacing Joe B. Sills, who has been appointed Director of the United Nations Office in Washington, D.C.

Ms. Foa is currently serving as Chief of Public Affairs for the World Food Programme in Rome.

From 1991 to March 1995, she was Spokeswoman and Chief of Public Information for the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees.

SG/T/1999
15 November 1995


Press Release
SG/T/1999


SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH LEADERS OF EUROPEAN UNION

19951115

On the second day of his visit to Strasbourg, on Tuesday, 14 November, the Secretary-General met with leaders of the European Union.