Special Commemorative Meeting

Highlights of 24 October 1995


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President Ramiro de LEON CARPIO of Guatemala tells the General Assembly that development is the new name for peace. (UN/DPI Photo# 191005 by G. Kinch)


President JIANG Zemin of China says that countries must be allowed to choose their own social systems without interference by others. (UN/DPI Photo# 191003 by G. Kinch)


President Alija IZETBEGOVIC of Bosnia and Herzegovina states that maintenance of peace is the supreme goal of the United Nations. (UN/DPI Photo# 191020 by G. Kinch)


Chairman Wilton SANKAWULO of the Council of State of the Liberian National Transitional Government says that affluent countries must act to establish a new economic order for the benefit of all. (UN/DPI Photo# 191021 by G. Kinch)


President Pasteur BIZIMUNGU of Rwanda stresses that mankind must never again witness horrors of genocide or ethnic cleansing. (UN/DPI Photo# 191010 by G. Kinch)


Prime Minister Benazir BHUTTO of Pakistan says that the principles of equal rights and self-determination lie at the heart of the UN Charter. (UN/DPI Photo# 191016 by G. Kinch)


Prime Minister Yitzhak RABIN of Israel says that Israel is committed to bringing peace to the entire Middle East region. (UN/DPI Photo# 191046 by G. Kinch)


Amir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber AL-SABAH of Kuwait says that global confidence in the United Nations is rising, but limitations must be recognized. (UN/DPI Photo# 191030 by G. Kinch)


President Jean-Bertrand ARISTIDE of Haiti says that the United Nations helped bring about a political miracle in restoring democracy to Haiti. (UN/DPI Photo# 191024 by G. Kinch)


Vice-President Taha MAROUF of Iraq says that a unipolar world has left mechanisms of the United Nations at the service of narrow self-interest. (UN/DPI Photo# 191051 by G. Kinch)


Prime Minister Ingvar CARLSSON of Sweden says that the unwillingness of some Members to pay United Nations dues reflects the crisis in multilateralism. (UN/DPI Photo# 191071 by G. Kinch)


Prime Minister P.V. NARASIMHA RAO of India states that developing countries must be adequately represented in the Security Council. (UN/DPI Photo# 191058 by E. Schneider)


Prime Minister James Fitz-Allen MITCHELL of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines says that the regions with proven economic potential should have a Security Council seat. (UN/DPI Photo# 191062 by G. Kinch)


Richard BUTLER of Australia, Chairman of the Preparatory Committee for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations introducing a Draft Declaration which was adopted by acclamation at the Special Commemorative Meeting. (UN/DPI Photo# 191268 by E. Schneider)


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