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                          Geneva: Europolis of PAX UN


                            ADDRESS BY MR. VLADIMIR PETROVSKY
                                 DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE
                            UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
                 ON THE OCCASION OF AN OFFICIAL LUNCHEON HELD IN HIS
                                         HONOUR BY
                                     LE CONSEIL D'ETAT
                         DE LA REPUBLIQUE ET CANTON DE GENEVE
                   ET LE CONSEIL ADMINISTRATIF DE LA VILLE DE GENEVE

                                     Geneva, 17 March 1993



               Mr. President of the State Council,
               Madame Mayor,
               Distinguished representatives of the Republic and the Canton of Geneva,
               Distinguished representatives of the Administrative Council of the  City of
               Geneva,
               Excellencies,
               Ladies and Gentlemen,
               F        irst of all, I would like to thank you most sincerely for your kind

                        hospitality from my very first steps in this capital of internationalism.

                  As you know, I assumed my new functions of Director-General of the
               United Nations Office at  Geneva only three weeks ago, but I am not a
               newcomer to your beautiful city. I always remember with pleasure the times I
               spent here in 1973-1975, almost twenty years ago, when I was participating in
               meetings of the Preparatory Committee  of the Conference on Security and
               Cooperation in Europe, which gave  birth to the Helsinki Final Act. First
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