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DC/2525

DIFFERING VIEWS ON STRENGTHENING LAND-MINE RESTRICTIONS EXPRESSED AT VIENNA REVIEW CONFERENCE

As the Review Conference of States Parties to the Convention on Inhumane Weapons entered its second day of high-level debate, speakers continued to be unanimous in supporting the addition of a protocol that would ban blinding laser weapons, and the extension of the land-mines Protocol to apply to non-international conflicts. There was still no clear consensus, however, on the extent to which the production, sale and use of anti-personnel land-mines should be restricted.

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS ARRANGEMENTS FOR CORRESPONDENTS IN CONNECTION WITH VISIT OF POPE JOHN PAUL II TO UNITED NATIONS

His Holiness Pope John Paul II will visit United Nations Headquarters on Thursday, 5 October, to address the General Assembly and the United Nations staff. Following are the arrangements that have been made by the Department of Public Information (DPI) to assist correspondents. The Headquarters will be closed that day to the general public. The Pope's itinerary is contained in Note No. 5300 issued 2 October.

SG/2015/Rev.4*

BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI, UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Biographical Note: Boutros Boutros-Ghali became the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations on 1 January 1992, when he began a five-year term. At the time of his appointment by the General Assembly on 3 December 1991, Mr. Boutros-Ghali had been Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt since May 1991 and had served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from October 1977 until 1991. 

TAD/1812

EAST ASIAN DEVELOPMENT TO BE DISCUSSED BY CONFERENCE IN KUALA LUMPUR, 29 FEBRUARY-1 MARCH

Policy-makers, academics and senior economists will discuss paths to development in east Asia at a conference in Kuala Lumpur from 29 February to 1 March. The findings of the conference will be transmitted to the ninth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD IX), to be convened in South Africa in late April, which will focus on globalization and liberalization issues.