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GA/9005

OPENING STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY AS IT COMMEMORATES YEAR OF TOLERANCE

20 November 1995


Press Release
GA/9005


OPENING STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY AS IT COMMEMORATES YEAR OF TOLERANCE

19951120 Following is the text of the statement by General Assembly President Diego Freitas Do Amaral (Portugal) on the United Nations Year of Tolerance, read on his behalf by Acting President Pibulsonggram (Thailand):

DH/2026

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 20 November 1995

20 November 1995


Press Release
DH/2026


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 20 November 1995

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* United Nations launches inter-agency appeal for $208 million to fund humanitarian assistance in former Yugoslavia from January to April 1996.

* In message for Africa Industrialization Day, Secretary-General says international community must support and sustain continent's development efforts.

SG/A/614

SYLVANA FOA APPOINTED SPOKESWOMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

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.