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SG/SM/5867

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT AT UNVEILING OF PLAQUE MARKING FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION

10 January 1996


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SG/SM/5867


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT AT UNVEILING OF PLAQUE MARKING FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION

19960110 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of a statement to be delivered by Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the occasion of the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the first session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, in Westminster, London:

DH/2056

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 10 January 1996

10 January 1996


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DH/2056


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 10 January 1996

19960110 * Secretary-General says those who withhold funding from UN then claim it is ineffective are being dishonest.

* Secretary-General holds talks in London with Prime Minister John Major on UN's financial crisis and world's trouble spots.

* UNFPA expresses concern over allegations of abuses and neglect in Chinese orphanages.

PI/926

SEMINAR ON PROMOTING INDEPENDENT AND PLURALISTIC ARAB MEDIA OPENS IN SANA'A

10 January 1996


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PI/926


SEMINAR ON PROMOTING INDEPENDENT AND PLURALISTIC ARAB MEDIA OPENS IN SANA'A

19960110

SANA'A, 7 January (UN Information Centre) -- During its fiftieth anniversary year, the United Nations reaffirmed its commitment to press freedom, pluralism and the dignity of journalists and writers, Assistant Secretary-General for Public Information Samir Sanbar said today, as the Seminar on Promoting Independent and Pluralistic Arab Media opened in Sana'a.

SG/SM/5862

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP SORROW OVER DEATH OF FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS MITTERRAND

9 January 1996


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SG/SM/5862


SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP SORROW OVER DEATH OF FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS MITTERRAND

19960109

Following is the text of a statement made yesterday by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the occasion of the death of the former President of France:

The Secretary-General has learned with deep sorrow and profound regret of the death this morning of Francois Mitterrand, the former President of France.

SG/SM/5863

SECRETARY-GENERAL ATTENDS LAUNCHING IN ROME OF CAMPAIGN AGAINST DRUGS

9 January 1996


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SG/SM/5863


SECRETARY-GENERAL ATTENDS LAUNCHING IN ROME OF CAMPAIGN AGAINST DRUGS

19960109 Following is the text of the statement, translated from the French, made by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at the launching in Rome on 8 January of the joint project between the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) and the Italian television network, RAI, on the world drug problem: