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SG/SM/5767/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT, STRESSES ROLE OF EDUCATION IN DEVELOPMENT

This is the text of the statement made today by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at the fifth summit conference of Ibero-American Heads of State and Government at San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina:

 

The United Nations values highly the association of nations of shared cultural and linguistic heritage -- the Commonwealth, the Francophone countries, the Lusophone countries, the Ibero-American family of nations gathered here today. Such associations are a critical component of international cooperation.

DH/1993

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 5 October 1995

5 October 1995


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DH/1993


DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 5 October 1995

19951005 * Pope John Paul II, in address to General Assembly, calls for common effort to build civilization of love based on values of peace, solidarity, justice and liberty.

* Secretary-General says spirituality provides common bond among nations; United Nations was created so compassion could conquer despair of poverty, disease and injustice.

DC/2525

DIFFERING VIEWS ON STRENGTHENING LAND-MINE RESTRICTIONS EXPRESSED AT VIENNA REVIEW CONFERENCE

As the Review Conference of States Parties to the Convention on Inhumane Weapons entered its second day of high-level debate, speakers continued to be unanimous in supporting the addition of a protocol that would ban blinding laser weapons, and the extension of the land-mines Protocol to apply to non-international conflicts. There was still no clear consensus, however, on the extent to which the production, sale and use of anti-personnel land-mines should be restricted.
SG/2015/Rev.4*

BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI, UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Biographical Note: Boutros Boutros-Ghali became the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations on 1 January 1992, when he began a five-year term. At the time of his appointment by the General Assembly on 3 December 1991, Mr. Boutros-Ghali had been Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt since May 1991 and had served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from October 1977 until 1991. 

TAD/1812

EAST ASIAN DEVELOPMENT TO BE DISCUSSED BY CONFERENCE IN KUALA LUMPUR, 29 FEBRUARY-1 MARCH

Policy-makers, academics and senior economists will discuss paths to development in east Asia at a conference in Kuala Lumpur from 29 February to 1 March. The findings of the conference will be transmitted to the ninth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD IX), to be convened in South Africa in late April, which will focus on globalization and liberalization issues.