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SG/SM/5795

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SG/SM/5794

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH PRESIDENT OF GUATEMALA

At 6:30 p.m. today, the Secretary-General received the President of Guatemala, Ramiro de Leon Carpio.

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SG/SM/5793

PRESIDENT OF SURINAME SAYS AT HEADS OF STATE LUNCHEON, WORLD WILL NEED RENEWED UNITED NATIONS, DEMOCRATIC AND STRONG IN STRUCTURE AND PROCEDURES

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:

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SG/SM/5792

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UNITED NATIONS IS CRITICAL TO FUTURE OF FREEDOM

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.

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SG/SM/5791

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH PRESIDENTS OF BULGARIA AND TAJIKISTAN

Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali met today with the Presidents of Bulgaria and Tajikistan at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., respectively.

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SG/SM/5790

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH PRESIDENTS OF CAMEROON AND MOZAMBIQUE

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.

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

The Secretary-General at 4.30 p.m. today received the Prime Minister of Fiji, Sitiveni L. Rabuka. The Secretary-General thanked him for his presence in New York to attend the special commemorative meeting of the General Assembly marking the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations. He also expressed his appreciation for Fiji's contribution to peace-keeping operations.

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

At 5 p.m. today the Secretary-General met His Royal Highness Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Second Deputy Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia. The Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat, also attended the meeting.

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

At approximately 1 p.m. Sunday, 22 October, the Secretary-General met with President William J. Clinton of the United States. They had a broad exchange of views on world issues, including the situations in Haiti, Angola, Guatemala, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Liberia, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and the former Yugoslavia, expressing the hope that a peaceful settlement would soon be found in Bosnia and Herzegovina.