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STATEMENT
BY МR. VLADIМIR PEТROVSКY
UNIТED NATIONS UNDER-SECREТARY-GENERAL
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF ТНЕ UNПED NATIONS OFFICE АТ GENEVA
SECRETARY-GENERAL OF ТНЕ CONFERENCE ON DISARМAMENT
ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE
CENTRE D'ACCUEIL POUR INTERNATIONAUX DE GENÈVE
(GENEVA WELCOMING CENTRE)

9-11 rue de Varembé, Wednesday, 8 Мау 1996

Excellencies,
President of the State Council of the Republic and Canton of Geneva,
Mr. Guy-Olivier Segond,
State Secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Мr. Jakob
Kellenberger,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

I t is а pleasure for me to participate in the opening ceremony to

mark the establishment of the Geneva Welcome Centre. The
Centre is an important initiative and comes at а time when good
news is in short supply. International civil servants and diplomatic mission
personnel will no doubt benefit significantly from the information and human
resources you are making available to facilitate their transfer to Geneva and
installation in their new homes here. The innovative and user-friend1y manner
in which you have provided this information is most impressive.

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