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UNITED NATIONS CANNOT MEET GOALS WHILE ON BRINK OF INSOLVENCY, STATE WORLD LEADERS AT FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY MEETING
19951023Speakers Say Anniversary Must Address UN Finances In Addition to Reform, Revitalization, Democratization
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DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 23 October 1995
19951023 * Africa will develop with or without foreign aid, President of Uganda tells General Assembly special commemorative meeting.* South African President says United Nations must reassess its role, redefine its profile and reshape its structures.
Following is the text of the toast delivered by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at the luncheon for heads of State and government held at Headquarters on 22 October:
I am grateful to heads of State and government for coming here to mark the first fifty years of the United Nations. The United Nations deserves the honour you show it by your presence. This is because the United Nations is the Organization that works for tomorrow.
Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali met with the following heads of State or Government on Saturday, 21 October;
9:30 a.m. President of Uganda, Youeri Kaguta Museveni;
10:45 a.m. President of Sierra Leona, Valentine E.M. Strasser
11 a.m. President of Sri Lanka, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
11:30 a.m. President of Gabon, El Hadj Omar Bongo
11:45 a.m. President of Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoon
12:05 p.m. President of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliev
3:05 p.m. President of Moldova, Mircea Snegur
Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali met with the following heads of State or Government on Friday, 20 October:
11 a.m. Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin; 12:30 p.m. Prime Minister of Sweden, Ingvar Carlsson; 3:45 p.m. President of Zaire, Mobuto Sese Seko; 5:30 p.m. President of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari; and 6 p.m. President of Botswana, Sir Ketumile Masire.
These are the remarks of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at a diner given by Mayor Rudolph Guiliani of New York City for heads of State and government at the World Trade Centre on 21 October:
I am here to pay tribute to New York City, the home of the United Nations.
And I salute New York City's welcome to the heads of State and government who have come form all over the world for this fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations.