SG/SM/6023
19 July 1996
Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:
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.