ECOSOC/5685
25 July 1996
Addressing the Economic and Social Council this morning, Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali expressed his conviction that strengthening the role of that body in both the policy and the operational areas was a crucial requirement for the reform efforts of the United Nations.
Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's statement, translated from the French, at the signing today of the Agreement on Cooperation between the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the United Nations: