Statements and Messages

24 June 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6009

EXTREME POVERTY OFFENDS MOST BASIC VALUES OF UNITED NATIONS CHARTER, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS DIALOGUE ON POVERTY

19960624 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of the statement, translated from French, to be delivered by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the occasion of the Dialogue on Poverty, to take place at Geneva on 25 June:

20 June 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6006

17 June 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6005
DCF/265

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SATISFACTION AT DECISION OF DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE ON MEMBERSHIP EXPANSION

19960617

GENEVA, 17 June (UN Information Service) -- Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali regarding today's decision by the Conference on Disarmament on the expansion of its membership:

 

13 June 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6004

GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA AGREE TO CONTINUE DIRECT DISCUSSIONS

19960613

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

12 June 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6002
HAB/132

HABITAT II A CONFERENCE OF NEW PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMON GOAL, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

19960612

Following is the text of a statement made by Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali at the opening of the High-Level Segment of the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), Istanbul, Turkey, 12 June:

12 June 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6003

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES UKRAINE ON REMOVAL OF ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM ITS TERRITORY

19960612 The following was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

6 June 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6001

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES TO CREATE BASIS FOR RESUMED DIRECT TALKS BETWEEN LEADERS OF TWO COMMUNITIES IN CYPRUS

19960606

ISTANBUL, 6 June -- Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali today met with Mr. Rauf Denktash for one hour and fifteen minutes, during which they conducted an extensive review of all aspects of the Cyprus problem. On 11 June, he will meet with Mr. Glafcos Clerides in Geneva.

6 June 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6000/Rev.1*

5 June 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6000

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS MURDER IN BURUNDI OF SWISS WORKERS FROM ICRC

19960605

ISTANBUL, Turkey, 5 June -- Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, in Turkey to inaugurate the United Nations Conference for Human Settlements (Habitat II), was shocked to learn of the murder yesterday of three Swiss workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Burundi. He condemns this wanton act of violence in the strongest terms.

5 June 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/5998
HE/933

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY MESSAGE

19960605 ADVANCE RELEASE Following is the text of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's message on the occasion of World Environment Day, 5 June: