Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's statement to the human rights forum at Headquarters today:
I am delighted to join you today. I congratulate the organizers of this forum on this initiative.
Following is the text of the closing remarks of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to the special commemorative meeting of the General Assembly on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations at Headquarters on 24 October:
Following is the text of the closing remarks of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to the special commemorative meeting of the General Assembly on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations at Headquarters on 24 October:
At 6:30 p.m. today, the Secretary-General received the President of Guatemala, Ramiro de Leon Carpio.
Following is the text of the toast by the President of Suriname, Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan, on behalf of those present, at the luncheon of heads of State and Government at Headquarters on 24 October:
The world of the future must be a world of creativity. Only in larger freedom can social progress and better standards of life be maintained.
Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali met today with the Presidents of Bulgaria and Tajikistan at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., respectively.
Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali met yesterday, 23 October, with the Presidents of Cameroon and Mozambique at 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., respectively.
In his meeting with President Paul Biya of Cameroon, the Secretary- General congratulated him for the selection of Yaounde as the next venue for the Organization of African Unity (OAU) summit.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:
At 12:10 p.m. today, the Secretary-General met with Prime Minister John Major of the United Kingdom. Their meeting was devoted entirely to the financial crisis of the United Nations. Mr. Major assured the Secretary- General that the United Kingdom would continue to work with Sweden to move forward on the review of the scale of assessments. He repeated the United Kingdom's view that all Member States should pay their contributions in full and on time.
