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SG/SM/6089
18 October 1996


Press Release
SG/SM/6089
SEA/1534


SWEARING-IN CEREMONY OF LAW OF SEA TRIBUNAL'S JUDGES IS 'TRULY HISTORIC EVENT', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19961018 Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's statement at the swearing-in ceremony of the 21 Judges who constitute the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, held in Hamburg, Germany, today:

SG/SM/6084
17 October 1996


Press Release
SG/SM/6084


NEW MULTILATERALISM REQUIRES GREATER UN ROLE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MALENTE SYMPOSIUM XI, IN LUBECK, GERMANY

19961017 Following is the text of an address delivered today by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at the eleventh Malente Symposium in Lübeck, Germany:

It is wonderful to be here in Lübeck -- a city which is a continuing inspiration for the United Nations.