The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali: Tomorrow, 9 November, the Secretary-General leaves Geneva for visits to Poland and France.
In the course of his three-day state visit to Poland, the Secretary- General will meet with President Lech Walesa and other senior government officials, pay a visit to and hold meetings with representatives of the Polish Sejm (Parliament) and will deliver a lecture at the University of Warsaw.
The Secretary-General will also hold a meeting with the Polish Committee for the United Nations Fiftieth Anniversary before travelling to Kracow and Katowice, where he will visit Auschwitz.
On Monday and Tuesday, 13-14 November, on the official invitation of the European Parliament, the Secretary-General will visit its headquarters in Strasbourg, France, where he will hold meetings with its President and other senior officials and deliver an address before a plenary session of the European Parliament.
On Wednesday 15 November, the Secretary-General will return to Geneva.
The Secretary-General is expected back in New York on Thursday, 16 November.
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