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SG/T/1996
10 November 1995


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SG/T/1996


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES INITIATIVE BY PRESIDENT CARTER TO CONVENE AFRICAN CONFERENCE FOR PEACE IN RWANDA AND BURUNDI

19951110 The following statement was received today from the Spokeswoman for the Secretary-General in Europe:

WARSAW, 10 November -- Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali welcomes the initiative taken by President Carter to convene an African Conference for Peace in Rwanda and Burundi.

SG/SM/5811
10 November 1995


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SG/SM/5811


SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES EXECUTION OF NIGERIAN MINORITY-RIGHTS ACTIVISTS

19951110 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

The Secretary General was shocked and appalled to learn of the execution by hanging of nine Nigerian minority-rights activists, including the writer Ken Saro-Wiwa.

SG/SM/5810/Rev.1*
10 November 1995


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SG/SM/5810/Rev.1*


SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT GLOBALIZATION OF ECONOMY MUST GO HAND-IN-HAND WITH GLOBALIZATION OF DEMOCRACY

19951110 Says UN Is Promoting Democratization Within and Among Nations; World Needs European Diplomacy and Values

Following is the text of the address, translated from the French, to be delivered by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 14 November:

SG/SM/5809
10 November 1995


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SG/SM/5809


SECRETARY-GENERAL DELIVERS LECTURE AT UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW ON 'A NEW UNITED NATIONS OBJECTIVE: DEMOCRATIZATION'

19951110 (Received from the Spokeswoman for the Secretary-General in Europe.)

Following is the text of the lecture delivered by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at the University of Warsaw today:

It is a special honour for me to be invited here, to one of the great universities of Europe.