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SG/SM/5866
11 January 1996


Press Release
SG/SM/5866


IN ROME, SECRETARY-GENERAL SPEAKS IN SUPPORT OF DISPLACED PERSONS

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(Received from the Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Rome.)

ROME, 9 January -- In Rome, the Secretary-General, Boutros Boutros- Ghali, took part in a ceremony organized by the Development Programme for Displaced Persons, Refugees and Returnees in Central America. On that occasion, he made the following statement:

DH/2057
11 January 1996


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DH/2057


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 11 January 1996

19960111 * UN reports world economy expected to grow 3 per cent in 1996; expresses concern at labour conditions in developed countries and says development assistance for poor countries endangered.

* Secretary-General attends ceremony in Paris to commemorate death of former French President Francois Mitterrand.