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SG/SM/5915
6 March 1996


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SG/SM/5915
WOM/903


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS 1995 LANDMARK YEAR FOR ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN, IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

19960306 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's message on International Women's Day 1996, which will be delivered on his behalf by Under-Secretary-General Rosario Green, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General, at the Headquarters observance of the Day on 7 March:

SG/SM/5912/Rev.1*
5 March 1996


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SG/SM/5912/Rev.1*


STATEMENT BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF MEXICO INTRODUCING SECRETARY-GENERAL AT INSTITUTE FOR DIPLOMATIC STUDIES

19960305 Following is the text, translated from the Spanish, of the statement delivered yesterday, 4 March, in Tlatelolco by the Foreign Minister of Mexico, José Angel Gurria Trevino, introducing Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at his lecture at the Institute "Matias Romero" for Diplomatic Studies:

DH/2094
5 March 1996


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DH/2094


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 5 March 1996

19960305 * Security Council condemns in strongest terms violence in Burundi; demands all concerned refrain from inciting violence or destabilizing Government.

* Secretary-General asks General Assembly to extend MINUGUA mandate until 31 December; says repeated and serious human rights violations continue in Guatemala.