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GA/9072
6 May 1996


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GA/9072
PI/941


STATEMENT OF ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

19960506 Following is the text of the statement made this morning by the President of the General Assembly, Diogo Freitas do Amaral, in the Committee on Information, on World Press Freedom Day:

I would like, first of all, to thank you for the invitation to address this Committee, in the commemoration of World Press Freedom Day.

SG/SM/5980
3 May 1996


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SG/SM/5980


PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION BACKBONE OF EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO RESUMED GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION

19960503 Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's statement to the resumed fiftieth session of the General Assembly on Public Administration and Development, at Headquarters on 15 April 1996:

SG/SM/5978
3 May 1996


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SG/SM/5978
ECA/670


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES POSITIVE TRENDS IN AFRICA IN MESSAGE TO ANNUAL SESSION OF ECA

19960503 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to the thirty-first session of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the twenty-second meeting of the Conference of Ministers responsible for Economic and Social Development and Planning, in Addis Ababa on 6 May:

SG/SM/5977
3 May 1996


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SG/SM/5977
DC/2555


STATEMENT OF SECRETARY-GENERAL TO REVIEW CONFERENCE OF 1980 CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS

19960503 Following is the statement by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to the resumed session of the Review Conference of States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons delivered today on his behalf by the Director General, United Nations Office at Geneva, Vladimir Petrovsky: