Following is the statement of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the occasion of Africa Industrialization Day delivered at Headquarters on 20 November:
Biographical Note Samir Sanbar, Assistant Secretary-General for Public Information, today announced the appointment of Sylvana Foa as Spokeswoman for the Secretary- General, effective 1 January 1996, replacing Joe B. Sills, who has been appointed Director of the United Nations Office in Washington, D.C.
Ms. Foa is currently serving as Chief of Public Affairs for the World Food Programme in Rome.
From 1991 to March 1995, she was Spokeswoman and Chief of Public Information for the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees.
On the second day of his visit to Strasbourg, on Tuesday, 14 November, the Secretary-General met with leaders of the European Union.
Continuing his activities while in Poland, the Secretary-General, on Thursday, 9 November, at 4.30 p.m., went to Pilsudski Square where he laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
WARSAW, 10 November -- Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali welcomes the initiative taken by President Carter to convene an African Conference for Peace in Rwanda and Burundi.
The Secretary General was shocked and appalled to learn of the execution by hanging of nine Nigerian minority-rights activists, including the writer Ken Saro-Wiwa.
