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SG/SM/6018
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:

SG/SM/6016
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.

SG/SM/6015/Rev.1*
3 July 1996


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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:

SG/SM/6013
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.