SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REPRESENTATIVE MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER OF MYANMAR
Press Release
SG/SM/5951
SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REPRESENTATIVE MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER OF MYANMAR
19960404 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:The Foreign Minister of Myanmar, Ohn Gyaw, is meeting this morning at United Nations Headquarters with the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Alvaro de Soto, as the Secretary-General's Representative in his dialogue with the Myanmar Government.
The meeting is a continuation of the Secretary-General's good offices effort to address the concerns expressed in General Assembly resolution 50/194 entitled "Situation of human rights in Myanmar", adopted without a vote on 22 December 1995. In accordance with that resolution, the Secretary-General will submit a report to the current session of the Commission on Human Rights on his discussions with the Myanmar Government. A further report is due to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session.
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