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SG/SM/5766

SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS UNITED NATIONS IS COUNTING ON PRESIDENT ARISTIDE IN CONTINUING EFFORTS FOR HAITI

Statement Marking First Anniversary of Leader's Return Commends Progress in Meeting Major Challenges

 

This is the statement of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at a ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 15 October commemorating the return of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide:

On behalf of the United Nations and the entire international community, I want to tell you how happy we are to celebrate with you the first anniversary of your return to your country.

This anniversary day also has a particularly auspicious significance for all of us.

GA/8957/

ASSEMBLY TAKES UP SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REPORT ON WORK OF ORGANIZATION

18 October 1995


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ASSEMBLY TAKES UP SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REPORT ON WORK OF ORGANIZATION

19951018 Draft Resolution Introduced on Limiting Tide of Documents Flooding the Organization

CORRECTION

On page 9 of Press Release GA/8957 of 17 October, the fifth sentence of the fourth paragraph should read as follows:

REF/1123

GRACA MACHEL NAMED 1995 NANSEN MEDAL WINNER

18 October 1995


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GRACA MACHEL NAMED 1995 NANSEN MEDAL WINNER

19951018 GENEVA, 17 October (UNHCR) -- Mozambican humanitarian Graca Machel was named today as the 1995 Nansen Medal winner for her outstanding contributions on behalf of refugee children.

High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata, will present the award, the thirty-fifth since 1955, to Ms. Machel at a ceremony on Friday, 20 October, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

NGO/260

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDS PARTICIPATION OF 45 ORGANIZATIONS IN HUMAN RIGHTS WORKING GROUP

18 October 1995


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COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDS PARTICIPATION OF 45 ORGANIZATIONS IN HUMAN RIGHTS WORKING GROUP

19951018 To Prepare Draft Declaration on Rights of Indigenous People

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations this afternoon recommended the participation of 45 organizations in a working group of the Commission on Human Rights that will draft a declaration on the rights of indigenous people.

SG/SM/5772

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT MUST CONTINUE FIGHT FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Address to Summit Expresses Concern for `Weak and Deprived' In Emerging Global Society, Warns against Dangers of `Exclusion'

 

This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- Ghali today, delivered in English and French, to the eleventh Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Countries, at Cartagena de Indias, Colombia: