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Secretary-General

SG/SM/5816

FOR GREATER EFFECTIVENESS, UN SYSTEM MUST BE ABLE TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN STAFF OF HIGHEST CALIBRE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FIFTH COMMITTEE

20 November 1995


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SG/SM/5816
GA/AB/3044


FOR GREATER EFFECTIVENESS, UN SYSTEM MUST BE ABLE TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN STAFF OF HIGHEST CALIBRE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FIFTH COMMITTEE

19951120 Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's statement delivered this afternoon to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) under the item on the United Nations common system:

SG/A/614

SYLVANA FOA APPOINTED SPOKESWOMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

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.

SG/T/1999

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH LEADERS OF EUROPEAN UNION

15 November 1995


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SG/T/1999


SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH LEADERS OF EUROPEAN UNION

19951115

On the second day of his visit to Strasbourg, on Tuesday, 14 November, the Secretary-General met with leaders of the European Union.

SG/T/1997

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONTINUES VISIT TO POLAND

13 November 1995


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SG/T/1997


SECRETARY-GENERAL CONTINUES VISIT TO POLAND

19951113 The following was issued today by the Spokeswoman travelling with Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

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.

SG/T/1996

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES INITIATIVE BY PRESIDENT CARTER TO CONVENE AFRICAN CONFERENCE FOR PEACE IN RWANDA AND BURUNDI

10 November 1995


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SG/T/1996


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES INITIATIVE BY PRESIDENT CARTER TO CONVENE AFRICAN CONFERENCE FOR PEACE IN RWANDA AND BURUNDI

19951110 The following statement was received today from the Spokeswoman for the Secretary-General in Europe:

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.