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17 October 1995

GA/AB/3022

PERMANENT MEMBERS OF SECURITY COUNCIL SHOULD PAY SURCHARGE FOR PEACE-KEEPING OPERATIONS, AUSTRALIA TELLS FIFTH COMMITTEE

Consideration of Proposed 1996-1997 Budget, Medium-Term Plan, Pattern of Conferences Continues

17 October 1995

GA/DIS/3023

UNITED STATES SEEKS COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST BAN BY APRIL 1996, ARMS CONTROL DIRECTOR TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

Says World's Nuclear Arsenals More Than Sufficiently Tested; Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones, Recent Nuclear Testing Also Addressed

17 October 1995

SG/SM/5770

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NEGLECT OF DEVELOPMENT CAN LEAD TO BREACHES OF PEACE, THREATEN GLOBAL SECURITY

Message to Mark International Day for Eradication of Poverty

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to mark the observance today, 17 October, as International Day for the Eradication of Poverty:

17 October 1995

SG/SM/5771

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR SHARED EFFORT TO PROMOTE CULTURE OF PEACE

ADVANCE RELEASE

Following is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- Ghali marking the beginning of the World Week of Peace:

17 October 1995

SG/SM/5768

GOVERNMENT OF GUATEMALA AND URNG CONCLUDES ANOTHER ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS

The following statement was originally issued in Spanish yesterday, 16 October, by the United Nations moderator of the peace negotiations between the Government of Guatemala and the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG):

Another round of negotiations between the Government of Guatemala and the URNG ended on Saturday, 14 October, in the city of Querétaro Mexico, on the item "Socio-economic aspects and agrarian situation". This round of negotiations was devoted to the sub-item "State management in socio-economic development".

17 October 1995

SG/SM/5765

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S INTEREST IN HAITI'S DEMOCRATIC FUTURE, AT DINNER HOSTED BY PRESIDENT ARISTIDE

Following is the translation of the toast proposed by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at the dinner hosted by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Saturday, 14 October, in Port-au-Prince:

I should like first of all to say what a great pleasure it is for me to be once again among you, at this dinner.

I should, in particular, like to thank you, Mr. President, for the warmth of your welcome and the quality of your hospitality, which my wife and I particularly appreciate.

17 October 1995

SG/SM/5764

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT AT INAUGURATION OF UNITED NATIONS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION IN PORT-AU-PRINCE

Following is the translation of the French text of the statement made by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on Saturday, 14 October, at the inauguration of an exhibition in Port-au-Prince to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations: