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SG/SM/6140
9 January 1997


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SG/SM/6140


SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES STAFF TO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE, STRESSING UN PERFORMANCE WILL TURN DETRACTORS INTO SUPPORTERS

19970109 `Nobody Argues with Success', Says Kofi Annan In Address to Staff; `My Mission, However Impossible, Is Your Mission Too'

The following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to United Nations staff today:

Friends and colleagues,

SG/SM/6139
31 December 1996


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SG/SM/6139


SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN PARTING MESSAGE TO UNITED NATIONS STAFF, PRAISED ITS DEDICATION, INTEGRITY, IMAGINATION, COURAGE

19961231 `I am Honoured To Have Worked with You', Says Boutros Boutros-Ghali

The following is a message from Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to United Nations staff as he concludes his term of office:

SG/SM/6138
27 December 1996


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SG/SM/6138
CA/127


PEACE AGREEMENT IN GUATEMALA PROVIDES BLUEPRINT FOR STRENGTHENING PILLARS OF DEMOCRATIC STATE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19961227 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY This is the text of the speech to be delivered by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the occasion of the signing of the peace agreement in Guatemala City on 29 December.

SG/SM/6136
20 December 1996


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SG/SM/6136


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SIGNING OF WATER-SHARING TREATY BETWEEN INDIA AND BANGLADESH

19961220 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

The Secretary-General warmly welcomes the conclusion of the bilateral treaty between the Governments of India and Bangladesh on the sharing of the Ganga/Ganges waters at Farakka, in New Delhi on 12 December.

SG/SM/6133/Rev.1
17 December 1996


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SG/SM/6133/Rev.1


SECRETARY-GENERAL BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI REVIEWS TERM OF OFFICE, SAYS INDEPENDENCE AND FIDELITY TO UN CHARTER CRUCIAL

19961217 Farewell Assembly Address Notes Increasing Demands on World Body; Ongoing Reform Dependent on End to Financial Crisis, Full Payment of Members' Dues

This is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- Ghali to the General Assembly this afternoon: