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SG/SM/5958
15 April 1996


Press Release
SG/SM/5958


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE TO INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL

19960415 Following is the text of the message from Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to the ninety-fifth Inter-Parliamentary Conference, which began today in Istanbul:

On behalf of the United Nations and on my own behalf, I would like to wish you the greatest success in the work you are about to undertake at this Conference.

ECLAC/340
15 April 1996


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ECLAC/340


LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN MUST DOUBLE GROWTH RATE TO OVERCOME SOCIAL INEQUITY, STATES NEW ECLAC STUDY

19960415

Latin America and the Caribbean must double their recent growth rates if social backwardness is to be overcome, warns the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in a new study prepared for its twenty-sixth session, currently under way through 20 April in San José, Costa Rica.