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SG/SM/6096

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT ON WORLD FOOD DAY

25 October 1996


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SG/SM/6096
FAO/3641


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT ON WORLD FOOD DAY

19961025 Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's statement on the occasion of World Food Day, observed at Headquarters on 25 October:

Today, one person in five is hungry. This is the global challenge we must face, as we meet today, to observe World Food Day. "Fighting Hunger and Malnutrition" is a subject that concerns us all.

SG/SM/6095

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S TOAST TO CAMEROON'S PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER OF BANGLADESH

24 October 1996


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SG/SM/6095


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S TOAST TO CAMEROON'S PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER OF BANGLADESH

19961024 Following is the text of the toast of Secretary-General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali at the luncheon in honour of the President of Cameroon, Paul Biya and the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, at Headquarters on 24 October:

SG/SM/6093

SECRETARY-GENERAL AND PRESIDENT OF CAMEROON DISCUSS TENSION IN EASTERN ZAIRE

24 October 1996


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SG/SM/6093


SECRETARY-GENERAL AND PRESIDENT OF CAMEROON DISCUSS TENSION IN EASTERN ZAIRE

19961024 The following was issued today by the Spokeswoman for Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

On 23 October, the Secretary-General met with President Paul Biya of Cameroon in the latter's capacity as current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity.

SG/SM/6088

SECRETARY-GENERAL RECALLS MARITIME TRADITIONS OF HAMBURG AT LAYING OF FOUNDATION-STONE FOR LAW OF SEA TRIBUNAL

18 October 1996


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SG/SM/6088
SEA/1533


SECRETARY-GENERAL RECALLS MARITIME TRADITIONS OF HAMBURG AT LAYING OF FOUNDATION-STONE FOR LAW OF SEA TRIBUNAL

19961018 Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali's statement delivered today at the laying of the foundation-stone of the future seat of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, Germany:

SG/SM/6090

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT OVERSEAS CLUB IN HAMBURG, CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO TEAR DOWN WALLS OF ISOLATIONISM, FEAR, FANATICISM

18 October 1996


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SG/SM/6090


SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT OVERSEAS CLUB IN HAMBURG, CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO TEAR DOWN WALLS OF ISOLATIONISM, FEAR, FANATICISM

19961018 Following is the text of the statement to be delivered tomorrow, 19 October, by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at the Overseas Club in Hamburg, Germany:

SG/SM/6089

SWEARING-IN CEREMONY OF LAW OF SEA TRIBUNAL'S JUDGES IS 'TRULY HISTORIC EVENT', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

18 October 1996


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SG/SM/6089
SEA/1534


SWEARING-IN CEREMONY OF LAW OF SEA TRIBUNAL'S JUDGES IS 'TRULY HISTORIC EVENT', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19961018 Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's statement at the swearing-in ceremony of the 21 Judges who constitute the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, held in Hamburg, Germany, today: