The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali: Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali will pay an official visit to Canada from 21 to 23 November. He will hold talks in Ottawa with Governor- General Romeo LeBlanc, Prime Minister Jean Chretien and other Cabinet members, including the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Andre Ouellet. The talks will centre on Canada's firm and major commitment to the United Nations peace- keeping operations and to the United Nations system as a whole, and ways of strengthening this relationship in order to meet the challenges of the twenty- first century.
The Secretary-General will meet members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and will participate in a round-table discussion hosted by the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
The Secretary-General will also deliver a public lecture, organized by the United Nations Association of Canada, on the future of the United Nations in the post-cold war era.
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