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SG/SM/5786

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH UNITED STATES PRESIDENT

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

 

At approximately 1 p.m. Sunday, 22 October, the Secretary-General met with President William J. Clinton of the United States. They had a broad exchange of views on world issues, including the situations in Haiti, Angola, Guatemala, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Liberia, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and the former Yugoslavia, expressing the hope that a peaceful settlement would soon be found in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

SG/SM/5789/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH SECOND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF SAUDI ARABIA

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

 

At 5 p.m. today, the Secretary-General met with His Royal Highness Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Second Deputy Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia and Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General. The Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat, also attended the meeting.

SG/SM/5784

UGANDA'S PRESIDENT, AT HEADS OF STATE LUNCHEON, SALUTES UN FOR KEEPING PEACE, PRAISES SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MAKING UN 'SOUND AND VIBRANT'

Following is the text of the toast by the President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, on behalf of those present, at the luncheon for heads of State and government, at Headquarters on 23 October:

 

It is a privilege for me to stand next to one of the greatest Africans that has ever lived -- after Hannibal. Hannibal was the African from North Africa who thought he should civilize the Europeans. Now, the next greatest African after him is the Secretary-General here, who has become Secretary-General of the whole world, which is a very big honour for us.