Secretary-General: Press Release

9 July 1996

Press Release
SG/2025

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES INTERNATIONAL ACTION TO PREVENT HUMANITARIAN DISASTERS

19960709

GENEVA, 5 July (UN Information Service) -- Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali today urged the international community to act effectively for the prevention of humanitarian disasters. He was speaking in Geneva at the invitation of the Humanitarian Liaison Working Group, an informal grouping of those nations which assist the United Nations in its humanitarian work.

8 July 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6018

AFRICA CAN COUNT ON UNITED NATIONS TO TACKLE CHALLENGES OF TODAY'S WORLD, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS OAU SUMMIT MEETING IN YAOUNDÉ

19960708 Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to the thirty-second assembly of heads of State and government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in Yaoundé today:

5 July 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6017

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SATISFACTION TO PRESIDENT YELTSIN ON ELECTION VICTORY

19960705 Following is the text of the message sent yesterday by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to Boris Yeltsin, President of the Russian Federation:

3 July 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6016

UNITED NATIONS SEEKS EVER-CLOSER TIES WITH CARICOM, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SUMMIT MEETING

19960703

Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's message today to the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM):

I am delighted to send you my warmest best wishes on the occasion of the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community.

3 July 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6015/Rev.1*
DEV/2114/Rev.1*

SPECIAL INITIATIVE ON AFRICA IS LARGEST COORDINATED UNITED NATIONS UNDERTAKING IN HISTORY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19960703 Stresses Concerted Efforts to End Terrible Living Conditions of Half of All Africans

Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's statement at the informal consultations on the United Nations System-wide Special Initiative on Africa, held yesterday at Geneva:

2 July 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6014/Rev.1*
DC/2558

NOTHING SHOULD DETER ADOPTION OF COMPREHENSIVE TEST-BAN TREATY THIS YEAR, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS DISARMAMENT ADVISORY BOARD

19960702 Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's statement to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters yesterday, 1 July, in Geneva:

2 July 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6014
DC/2558

NOTHING SHOULD DETER ADOPTION OF COMPREHENSIVE TEST-BAN TREATY THIS YEAR, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS DISARMAMENT ADVISORY BOARD

19960702 Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's statement to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters yesterday, 1 July, in Geneva:

2 July 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6013

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS SYMPATHY TO FLOOD VICTIMS IN YEMEN

19960702 The following was issued yesterday, 1 July, by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali is deeply saddened to learn of the toll in lives taken by the floods that recently struck Yemen causing extensive damage to many villages, towns and cities across the country.

2 July 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6012
IHA/602

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR TOTAL BAN ON PRODUCTION, SALE, USE OF LAND-MINES IN MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE IN DENMARK

19960702 Following is Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's message to the International Conference on Mine-Clearance Technology, delivered on his behalf by Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Yasushi Akashi at the Scanticon Conference Centre near Copenhagen today:

28 June 1996

Press Release
SG/T/2072/Rev.1*