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Through New Multilateralism towards the
Tangible Results in Arms Regulation and
Disarmament

WELCOMING COMMENTS
BY MR. VLADIMIR PETROVSKY
UNITED NATIONS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO
THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
AT THE MEETING AT THE GENEVA CENTRE FOR SECURITY POLICY
ON THE OCCASION OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ADVISORY BOARD
ON DISARMAMENT MATTERS

GCSP, 67-69 rue de Lausanne, Tuesday, 2 July l996

I t is most appropriate for the 1996 meeting of the Secretary-
General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters to be invited
to the recently inaugurated Geneva Centre for Security Policy
(GCSP). I wish to thank Ambassador Hofer of the Swiss Delegation to the
Conference on Disarmament and Mr. Winkler of the Swiss Ministry of
Defence for inviting the Board to visit the Centre and for offering to host this
session. May I also mention my appreciation for the work of the United
Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) and its Director,
Mr. Lodgaard, for co-sponsoring this afternoon's programme.

That the members of the Advisory Board have seized the opportunity of
their meeting to visit the GCSP serves to highlight several important points. It

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