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Press Release


GA/SM/6
10 October 1997


Press Release
GA/SM/6


ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GRATIFIED BY AWARDING OF NOBEL PEACE PRIZE TO 'INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO BAN LANDMINES'

19971010 Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for the President of the General Assembly, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine):

The President of the General Assembly has been gratified to learn that the International Campaign to Ban Landmines was awarded the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.