Statements and Messages

20 December 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6136

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SIGNING OF WATER-SHARING TREATY BETWEEN INDIA AND BANGLADESH

19961220 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

The Secretary-General warmly welcomes the conclusion of the bilateral treaty between the Governments of India and Bangladesh on the sharing of the Ganga/Ganges waters at Farakka, in New Delhi on 12 December.

18 December 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6134

REPRESENTATIVES OF GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MEET WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ENVOY, AGREE TO FURTHER TALKS IN JANUARY

19961218 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

17 December 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6133

SECRETARY-GENERAL BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI REVIEWS TERM OF OFFICE, SAYS INDEPENDENCE AND FIDELITY TO UN CHARTER CRUCIAL

19961217 Farewell Assembly Address Notes Increasing Demands on World Body; Ongoing Reform Dependent on End to Financial Crisis, Full Payment of Members' Dues

This is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- Ghali to the General Assembly this afternoon:

17 December 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6133/Rev.1

SECRETARY-GENERAL BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI REVIEWS TERM OF OFFICE, SAYS INDEPENDENCE AND FIDELITY TO UN CHARTER CRUCIAL

19961217 Farewell Assembly Address Notes Increasing Demands on World Body; Ongoing Reform Dependent on End to Financial Crisis, Full Payment of Members' Dues

This is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- Ghali to the General Assembly this afternoon:

17 December 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6132

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST ICRC WORKERS

19961217 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

I have learned with shock of the attack this morning on seven members of the International Committee of the Red Cross working near Grozny, in the Republic of Chechnya of the Russian Federation.

13 December 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6131

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARMLY CONGRATULATES KOFI ANNAN ON RECEIVING SECURITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION

19961213 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

12 December 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6129
CA/126

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LATEST GUATEMALAN AGREEMENT

19961212 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

12 December 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6130
PI/985

CHALLENGES TO HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE ADDRESSED SWIFTLY AND EFFECTIVELY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY PROGRAMME

19961212 Addresses Panel Discussion Programme Organized by DPI and Centre for Human Rights

12 December 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6130/Rev.1*
PI/985/Rev.1*

CHALLENGES TO HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE ADDRESSED SWIFTLY AND EFFECTIVELY, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY PROGRAMME

19961212 Addresses Panel Discussion Programme Organized by DPI and Centre for Human Rights

11 December 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6128
ICEF/1838

UNICEF AND ITS PARTNERS HAVE BROUGHT 'ASTONISHING IMPROVEMENT' TO MILLIONS OF CHILDREN, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASSEMBLY

19961211 Cites UNICEF's Successes on 'Humanitarian Front Line For Children', in Statement Marking Its Fiftieth Anniversary