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SG/SM/5959

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE TO FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL SESSION OF ECE

16 April 1996


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SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE TO FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL SESSION OF ECE

19960416 Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's message to the opening today of the fifty-first session of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) in Geneva:

SG/SM/5958

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE TO INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL

15 April 1996


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SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE TO INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL

19960415 Following is the text of the message from Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to the ninety-fifth Inter-Parliamentary Conference, which began today in Istanbul:

On behalf of the United Nations and on my own behalf, I would like to wish you the greatest success in the work you are about to undertake at this Conference.

SG/SM/5957

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR RESTRAINT IN LEBANON

12 April 1996


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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR RESTRAINT IN LEBANON

19960412 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

SG/SM/5956

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES ESCALATION OF HOSTILITIES IN LEBANON

11 April 1996


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SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES ESCALATION OF HOSTILITIES IN LEBANON

19960411 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

The Secretary-General deplores the escalation in hostilities in Lebanon, in particular the retaliatory attack of the Israeli Defence Forces on Beirut. The Secretary-General deeply regrets all loss of civilian life.

SG/SM/5953

SECRETARY-GENERAL INAUGURATES RALPH BUNCHE CENTER AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY

11 April 1996


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SECRETARY-GENERAL INAUGURATES RALPH BUNCHE CENTER AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY

19960411 Following is the text of a lecture delivered by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the occasion of the inauguration of the Ralph Bunche Center at Howard University in Washington, D.C.:

I have come here to remember and to honour Ralph Bunche. A great international civil servant. A distinguished African-American. An outstanding human being.