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DAKAR, 22 June -- Secr�tary--GP.neral Javier PHrez de Cuel l ar l�ft Damak.o, Mali, at 10 a.m. local time, today, on his way to Sene�al and Al&eria, following two ho�rs of talks with Pre�ident Moussa Traori, Pres ident of Mali and current r,hairmfl,n of th£! Pr&�nizat,ion <1f Afri ean Unity (OMI). The Secretary-Gent>ral, who .lr-riv�d in fiamak.o in the late aftf'rrwon of \-Jednesday, 21 June, w:1s mf:'t at th� airport by Dia&o Cisoko, the Secreta.ry-G(�neral f.,f the Presidency and N'Golono Traor�, Mifii�ter for Farei�n Aff6irs and InlPrnational Co-operation, as w�ll as Ambas�Aclf)r Noumou OiJ.kitE'� PPrmanent R(.'prc�sentative of Mali to thE> Unitad Nations. Ourint the SecrPtary-GenPral's talks with the Presid�nt o( Kali, two main subjN�ts WE>re d Nations nnd the OAII arE> <'O-{Il' . FollCiwi n& thos� di scnssi ons th(• Pn•sid(•nt :tnd Mrs. Traort€> hosted a tet.P.-a-t€-te dinner foe thr• 5f:'cret.,ary-General �u td Krs. PPrez de Cuellar. a Conr..�r.n i n& re:lat.ions betwEH!n Senefl,tll and Kauri t ni a, t.hP �ecre�ry,- G (• nerl:ll stresHed be wos visiting Dakar nt the invitation of Pr es ident Oiouf and intended to conc(!nlrato on thE> human i t ari an RR[tec.t of the present conflict. "President TraorP is rnak.in& remarkablE> effot·ts to obtain a solution of the�e incidents. I h�lJev� he is on t.he ri&ht path and I would not like to ft(l{•f>.ar to be intel"feeing." Th�! SE>.crf'Lary- In their tnlks thP S(•erf'tfrc·y Gc•nPral and the President dso had a hrief t>xchange of vi£>ws Mt prospects for th<• Klnshnsa ;>ummit which begins today. {mor�) ...... •••••�I���··· ---· u•• .. 0 ., , �•·• o•-�& ....0:_ !' ��I U�-��· ·' ' ••••O I I I UOU t t• •• ...... &.0 U•�··�· 1 ... ••••••U O O O o .... I I o t I t••••o, , •• .. ,., ,, , O IO ...... ,OLIO I I . ·� ��--� ..OlO O U.OUI f t •••�-�-·· t·•••••••• ...... I U"f'••' �•U ....�.I The Secretary-General told the press thi� morning before l�aving Bamako that during his meeting with President Traore he had informed him of the . situation regarding Western SahaL"a and "with his advice I am n.ow &oing to meet the President of the POLISARIO in Algeria. I feel reinforced in my efforts and I shall see what I can do to accelerate the process which will led to a solution of this problem. I mu st say I was very encouraged by the President; we exchanged views on the approach which we must both follow. Both of us hope that between now and the end of July real progress can be achieved if we find the indispensable political will to movE• forward". The Secretary-General wa� seen ofr·at the airport by the Foreign Minister of Mali, N'Golono Traore, and the Permanent Representative of Mali to the United Nations, Ambassador Diakite. In Dakar, where the S�cretary-GeneL"al arrived today, the talks with President Abdou Diouf are e�pected to centre on relations between Senegal and Mauritania followin& the ('ecent incidents. The Secretary-General was met at the airport by the Senegalese Forei&n Minister, Ibrahima Fall, the Minister of Defence, Hed<1une Fall, the Chief of Staff of the Senegalese drmed forces, Gene('al Mansour Seck, and a number of other ministe('s, and representatives of the United Nations family. The! Secretary-General drOV(! to the Presidential Palace fo[' t�te-l-tAte talks and lunch with President Diouf. The Secretary-General is scheduled to leave Oatar around 2 p.m. local time, continuing his trip on to Alge('ia. The Secretary-General will stop over in Tindouf in south-western Algeria where he will have talks with President Mohamed Abdelaziz and other leaders of the POLISARIO front. Following this stopover, expected to last a few hours, the Secretary-General will f!y on to Algie('s for talks with P('esident Chedli Bendjedid and Foreign Minister Boualem Bessaih. The Secretary-General will remain in Algeria for two days before returning to New.York over the weekend . . Before leaving Mauritania on 21 June, the Secretary-General told the press that he had discussed for over two hours, with President Ould Sid' Ahmed Taya of Mauritania, que�tions of mutual interest to Africa and the United Nations, and in particular, Western Sahara for which "the Mauritanian Government gives me very strong support as a country observing the peace process. The Sect"etary-General went on, "I informed the President of Kaudtania of the latest developments and now I am going to Kali to discuss the situation with President Traor6 and then to Algeria where I will meet the President and the Foreign Minister of that country and the leaders of the POLIS.I\RIO group". The Secretary-General said he had also discussed with the President the "most unfortunate develor,ments which took place in your region" and went on to say "we are c.onvincE! Asked what the United Nations could do, the Secretary-General answered: "The 0.1\U has started an initiotilte, we are concentrating on the humanitarian aspects but of course it is not for us to interfere with the efforts of President Traor6 and we shall evaluate the situation. he, as far as the political aspects are concerned and I, with regard to humanitarian assistance." 2995P FOR IrlFORM'ATION OF UNITED NATIONS SF.CRETARIAT ONJ.Y �� '23 June 19 'I il, o..-�� f •�' ' W .. ...J 1) OPI DAILY PRF.SS BRIEFING �Ot�lM{f· At today's noon briefing, Nadia Younes rE>ad out the following account of the Sec�etary-General's activities, as received from the Spokesman accompanying him: Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar and his party arrived in Algiers in the early hours of today to inform the Algerian leader, President Chedli Bendjedid, of his efforts to bring about a peaceful solution to the WE'stern Sahara is�:ue. The Seocretary-General was met at the airport by Foreign · Minister Boualem Bessaih and other Algerian officials. The Secretary-General bP.gan his meeting in the late morning with the Algerian Foreign Minister who then gave a luncheon in his honour. During hi3 talks with the Foreign Minister, which lasted for ovt•r an hour. the Secretary-General informed him of his efforts to implement the> United Nations peace plan following his lfisit to Rabat, Nouakchot t , Bamako and Tindouf. They also discussed the situation in Lebanon and the Foreign Minister briefed the Secretary-General on the meeting held last Wednesday, 21 JunE>. in Algiers by the Foreing Ministers of the countries members of the Tripartite Committee on J.ebanon of the Arab Lea&ue (Algeda, Morocco and Saudi Arabia). They also relfiewed problems before the SE'cudty Council of which Algeria is .a member. The Secretary-General is expected to meet with President Bendjedid on Saturday, 24 June, before departing Algeria on his way back to New York. The Secretary-General left Dakar yesterday, 22 June. followin& a two-hour stopover in ·the Senegalese capital. during which he held talks which extended over a tate-8-t�te luncheon with President Abdou Diouf of Senegal. They discussed relations between Senegal and Mauritania in the light of recent events, as well as the United No.ti ons -Orcaniiation of African Unity (OAU) P.ffort to resolve the Western Sahara question. On his depa�ture the Secretary-General recalled for the press that it was · together with President Diouf, the current ChairmaiJ of OAU, that. he had launched the joint United Nations-OAU effort to solve the question of Western Sahara, and that he had rec.eived eV(!r since firm support from the President. The Secretary-General had therefore tak.{>n Uds o(:portunity to brief Pr(>sident Diouf abou� the present sit�otion. Turning to rE-lations between Seno&al and Mauritania, the Secretary-General recalled his·visit to Nouakchott and his meeting with the Mauritanian President Maaouya Ould Sid' Ahmed Toya. He expr(>ssed hope that the ongoin� efforts of t.he OAU Chairman. President Traor.e of Mali, would yield the positilfe results Pxpected by the whole international community. "Meanwhile". Mr. Perez de Cuellar said. "the United Nations was looking into the humanitarian aspect of the problem in order lo help the victims of the - recent incidents". Back in New York, the Secretary-General stated he would (mo�e) 2J38B DPI flriefin& - 7.. - 23 Jum� 19fl9 look .into ways and mtl8n5 t.o increa.se the assistance of the lfni t£�d �Jat ions famlly. The Seere t o ry-Geneial then left Dakar for Al&eria. He was seen off at the airport· by the SenPgalese Foreicn Minis t er ; Ibrahima Fall and the Minis ter of D£•fr�nce, ME>doune Fall. The Secretary-General arrived in Tindouf in south-west Al&eria at 6 p.m. local time, on Thursday, n June, for tolks •�i.ith the Secre t ary-Genera l of the POI.ISARIO, Koham(•d Abdelaziz, on the future <•f Western Sahara. The Secretary-General \>Jas l-lelcomed to Alger.i a by the District Chief Qf Tindouf, �f. Ibrahim, on behalf of the Algerian Go vernment. Following a brief recept.jon at the administrative headquarters of th� District, the Secretary-General drove to the Sahrawi refugee camp of Smara, some SO kilometres from Tindouf , t4here he was &r£•eted by Kr. Abd£!laziz and other members of the POT�ISARIO front, inc.lurl ing Bechir Kustapha Sayed, bead of POI.ISARIO's negotiating team, and by a large number of refugees gathered to welcome him to the camp. For over one-and-a-half hours the Secretary-General and Mr. Abdelaziz Following the talks , the Secretary-General told the prC'ss: "I did not come to the regiori thinkin& that I would solve the problem . It. is a further step in the proc�ess dur.ing which I have had the pleasure to meet my friend Mr. Abdelaziz �nd his aides, and before that I had met with the Kin& of Morocco, with th�.! current Chai rman of OAU and also with the President of. Houritnnla in his capacity as an observer of the process, and tomorrow I hope · to SP.{! thP. PresidC'nt of Algeria who _is al so an observer to the process. "We discussc!d in detail with Kr-. Abdelaziz the United Notions' plcm of action, which is a ro.ther detailed plan. After hearing .Kr. Abdelaziz's eoncerns, we felt. that we� should proc£•ed with more work on the peace pl an and thoueht that it was important to establish a mechani sm to continue the discussion of the various aspects of thP referendt�; and the volitical. mllitory and administrative aspects in othe r words, all aspects of the orzanization of the referendum. "I am erot.t:>ful to tlw lead{'r of the POLISARIO Cor hi!; lnten'st. in finding a pe aceful, just and durable solution t.o the problem and for havin& accepted in this regard the convocation of techni cal groups, that is to soy, of a technica_l · me chanism for the implE>m�ntation of the peac.e plan." In answ('r to a qtwst.ion, the Sec.retary-Gencral said: "F.vorywhere I go I find there is desire f<1r pE>ace. Of coursE' everybody wants a peaceful �olution but that is not enough, we have to agree on the details. That is why this time in my talks with Kr. Abdelaziz we dwelt on the details, and we felt that in suth a short. meetin& we could not exhaust all the aspects of tbe problem, and we agreed to establish this mechanism whic.h will allow Mr. Abdelaziz and hi s aides to provide us with their main conre�ns. Of course they have already informed us of those concerns but we felt that. we needed more d(�tails bec.ause as Sec.retnry-General of the United Nations I do not want to sul·prise anyone. I have a duty to act in a totally impartial mann�r ahd to gai n the confidence of all." (more) 2338B ' . FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT OffJ,Y 22 June 1989 DPI DAILY PRF.SS BRIEFING Nadia Younes betan today's DPI press briefing by readint the following account, received from the.Spokesman accompanying Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cu ellar during his visit to Africa: "Secretary�General Javier Perez de Cuel lar left Bamako, Mali, at 10 a.m. local time today on his way to· Senegal and Algeria, followint two hours of talk.s with President Moussa Traore, President of Mali and current Chairman of the Orr.anization of African Unity (OAU). The Secretary-General, who a.rrivecl· in Bamako in the l�te afternoon of Wednesday, 21 June, was met at the airport by Diago Cisoto, the Secretary-General of the Presidency and N'Golono Traore, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, as well as Ambassador Noumou Diatite, Permanent 'Representative of Mali to the Unit£>d Nation5. "During the Secretary-General's talks wit.h the President of Mali, two ·main subjects were dis(:ussed: Western Sahara, nn issue on which the United Nations and the O.AU are co-ordinating·their efforts in the search for a solution, and the present difficulti£>s betwe(!n Senegal and Mauritania. "Following those discussions the President and Mrs. Traore hosted a tete-a-tete dinner for the Secretary-�neral and Mr.s. Perez de Cuellar. "In their talks the Secretary-General and the President also had a brief exchange of views on prospects for the Kinshasa Summit which betins today. "The Secretary-General was seen off at the airport by the Foreign Minister of Mali, N'Golono Traore, and the Permanent Representative of Mali to the United Nations, Ambassador Diatite. "The Secretary-General told the press this morning before l�aving namako that during his meeting with President Traore he had informed him of th£> situation regardint Western Sahara and 'with his advice I am now going to meet the President of the POl.ISARIO in Algeria. I f€'el reinforced in my efforts and I shall see what I can do to accelerate the process which will lead to a solution of this problem. I must say I wos very encouraged by the President; we exchanged views on the approach which we must both follow. Both of us hope that between now and the end of July real (Jrogress can be a<'.hieved if we find the indispensable political will to move forward' . .. Concerning relations between Senetal and Mauritania the Secretary General st�ossed he was visiting Dakar at the invitation of President Diouf and intended to concentrate on the humanitarian aspect of the present conflict. 'President Traore is matint remark.able efforts to obtain a solution of these incidents. I beliove he is on the right path and I would not lite to appear to be interfering.' The Sec.retary General said thE' United Nations would seek ways to increase its humanitarian contribution for those who suffered from these incidents. reasserting that lt.was not up to him to (more) 2336B DPI Bdefing - 2 - 22 ,TUfit! l ':lti 'J interfere Jn the political aspect. He expressed confidence that President Traor6 could help the parti�s in finding a solution. "In Dakar, where the Secretary·-General arrived today, the talks with President Abdou Diouf are expected to centre on relations between Senegal and Mauritania following the recent incidents. The Secretary-General was met at the airport by the Senegalese Foreign Minister, Ibrahima Fall, the Minister of Defence, Kedoune Fall, the Chief of Staff of the Senegalese armed forces, General Mansour Seck, and a number of other ministers, and representatives of the United Nations family. The Secretary-General drove to the Presidentlal Palac� for tlte-l-tlte talks and lunch with President Diouf. "The Secretary-General is scheduled to leave Dakar around 2 p.m. local · time continuing his trip on to Algeria. The Secretary-General will stop over in Tindouf in south-western Algeria where he will have talks with Presid€!nt · Mohamed Abdelaziz and other leaders of the POLISARIO front. Following this stopover, expected to last a few hours. the SecretarJ-General will fly on to Algie'rs for ·talks with President Chedli Bendjedid and Foreign Minister Boualern Bessaih. The Secretary-General will remain in Algeria for two days before returning to Nf!w York over the weekend. unefore leaving Mauritania on 21 June, the Secretary-General told the press that he had di.scussed for over two hours, with President Ould Sid • Ahmed Taya of Mauritania. questions of mutual Interest to Africa and the United Nations, and in particular, Western Sahara for \olhich 'the Kauritan ian Government gives me very strong support as a country observint the peace process'. The Secretary-General went on, 'I informed the President of Mauritania of the latest developments and now I am going to Mali to diSC'USS the situation with President Traor6 and then to Algeria where I will meet the President and the Forei&n Minister of that countrj and the leaders of the POLISARIO group'. uThe Secretary-General s�id that he had also discussed with the President the 'most unfortunate developments. which took place in your region', and the Secretary-General said 'we are convinced, the Pre�ident and myself, thnt it is through serenity that we can reach a solution of this dispute whjch we do not expect to be of a l(lng duration'. The Secretary-General continued: 'I run also going briefly to Dakar, I will meet President Abdou Diouf of Sene&al and I will also counsel moderation and dialogue.' "Asked what the United Nations could do, the Secretary-General answered: 'The OAU has started an initiative, we are concentrating on the humanitarian aspects.but of course it is not for us to interfere with the. efforts of President Traor6 and we shall evaluate the situation, he, as far as the · political aspects are concerned and I, with regard to humanitarian • ... assi stane.e That report, including the Se-cretary-General's c.ommen'ts to the press. would be issued as a press release shortly after the briefin&, Ks. Younes said. {Press Release SG/T/1545.) At today's pn!SS briefing in Windhoek.. Kartti Ahtisaar.i, the Sped al Representative of tho Socrotary-General for Namihia, read a statement 233GB l�OR INFORMATION OJ� I.JNITF.D NATIONS ::>F.CRETARIII.T ONLY 21 June 1989 DPI DAILY PRESS BRIF.FING tion Nadia Younes began today's DPI press briefing by rendin& a ('.ommunico received from the Spok.esman nccompanyin& SP.cret.ary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar on his visit to Africa. Accordint. to that t'eport, the Secretary to· General had at'rived in Nouakchott,. Mauritania. on his first official visit that country on Tuesday, 20 June. HE> was met at the airpot't by Mohamed Sidina Ould Sidiya, a mE>mber of t.he Military Committt?e of Notional Salvation and Minister for Fot'ei&n Affairs and Co-operation, with whom he immediately began tete-n-t�te discussions. a Ould Sid' This mor.nin& he had mPt for ont? hour wit� Pt'esident Maaouy. Ahmed Tayo, th� HE>ad of State of Mauritania, 'during which time. they h1.1d review Th� Secretary-General wns scheduled t� lenve Nouakchott for Bamako, Ka li, at 4 p.m. lueol time. ' Upon his arrival yesterday, Kr-. Pere'z de Cuellar had stressed to the ·press that he· would take the opportunity of his official visit in Mauritania t(l brief the President. ancl the Foreign Mini st£�r of th(:' latest devclo(lmentG concerning Western Sa.hAra and his u.H:s with King Hassan II in Rabat. He had told reporters he would also brief the Government of AlgE>da, which, together with Mti.Uritanio, were observers of the Western Sahara ne�otiatin� process. Asked if he would di!lcuss the recent difficulties between Mauritania and Senegal, the Secretary-General had sald that the matter was being dealt with · by the President of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). but that he would listen to what his int.f�rlocutot's in Nouak.dwtt wou ld tell him if they so wished. He had also emphasized that on tho. humanitarian 5ide, the United Nations wa� alreadJ involved in bringin& assistance to repatriated persons. Ihnt report wou ld be available as a p�oss rolease following the briefing. Mr.. Younc!s said. (Press Releos� sr./T/l'l44) To a question asled yest�rdny and acoin this morning about wh(�ther· the 3ecret.nry-Generol was stopping off in Dakar. Ms. Younes r.onfirmed that at the i11vitotion of Presid,;•nt Abdou Oiouf of Senegal, Hr. Perez de Cu�llar would visit Dak��r t.omclrt'ow on his wny from Bamako to Algeda. As.k.(�d for clarifh:ation tthout repol"t:> that Korocco was unl'lilUng to accept ?.00 Morocr.an prisoners from th� Popular i!ront. for the Liberation of Saguia c�l-Hamra and Rio de Of'o (POtiSARIO}, Ms. Younes said !:h� had pa.s!;ed that questiDn to Frnn�ois Giuliani in Nouakchott, who would check. Presumably, the matter would be discussed while the �ecretary-General was in the region. (more) 2335-e . L�/"·�� &(a�Nceil(Q)m 1Ptres§IReD ease . ...•--••• ...... ••••••"""••••••••• ... .. e York ..:· Section • ...... �D��;;;:�;�·�f-�bi - i�.i�[;����;i�� Press New ...ottO••••"••••••••••u•u- ..•••••••-"••-- ooooooO•oooouoooooooooooooaooo.oooooooouooooooooooooooooooooo•oooooooao .... oooooooooooouoooooooooouoooooooo oooooooooo _ ••••••••••••••••••••••••�••••oooooooouooooooooo SG/T/1537 2 June 1989 SECRETARY-GENERAL TO TRAVEL TO GENEVA AND LONDON, WILL ALSO VISIT MOROCCO, MAURITANIA, KALI AND ALGERIA The following is attributable to the Spokesman for t.he St>cretary-General: On the we�kend of 10 June, Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar will travel to Gen�va, where he will open the conferPncP on South-East Asian rt>fugees scheduled to begin on the·morning of Tuesday, 13 June. During his stay, he will have the .opportunity to discuss with various parties concerned the issue of Kampuchea. The Secretary-General will depart on Tuesday, 13 June, for London, where he will meet with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on 14 June. On IS June, the Secretary-General will receiv� an honorary degree from Cambridge University. On Sunday, 18 June, the Secretary-General will travel to several African countries for consultations rPgarding We�tern Sahara. From lR until 20 June, he will be in Rabat, Morocco; on the 20th, the Sec.retary-Gent>ral wi 11 travel to Nouakchott, Mauritania; then proceed to Bamako, Kali. on n June to meet w ith the Chairman of the Organization of AfriC'.an Unity (OAU). The Secretary-General will complete his trip to the region when he travels to Algiers, Algeria, where he will stay on 23 and 24 June before departing for New York.. ...... •••-••••••t-fft--ttM � .',,oftfffOOffO••••t•t•uffff•fUOffffOffOOffOOfoou•••••••••noefUOt••••••••••••••••••-••••••••U•t•••n••-•••••••••• ,,,,, ...... ,•• ,, ... ,,,,,,,.,,,, ..... , ...... ,,,.,oOfffOfOo: .{...... 2747P For informationmedia - not an officialrecord FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY 2 June 1989 DPI DAILY PRESS BRIEFING Fran�ois Giuliani began today 's DPI press briefing with details of the Secretary-G€>neral 's appointments . At 3:30 prn , he would meet with Mr . Knipping-Victoria , Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the Organization of American St ates (OAS) , in his capacity as President of the Spanish-Portuguese-American Inst,itute of International J...aw. At 4 p. m. , he would take pa rt in the meeting of the Namibia Task. Force . next Kr . Giuliani said the Secretary-Gen�ral would be leaving New York. � � Conference on weekend to travel to Geneva, where on June he wou �pen the Indo-Chinese Refugees . During his stay in Geneva, l... lS June , be would meet with. a number of the parties concerned with the Kampuchea problem . On 13 June , Hr . Perez de Cuellar would fly to London for a meeting with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher �nd a number of other British officials , Mr . Giuliani continued . On IS June, he would go to Cambridge to receive a ·. degree from Cambridge Univers ity, and on 18 June he would fly to Rabat for a series of visits concerned with the Western Sahara issue. He w9uld be in Rabat from 18 to 20 June; in Nouakchott , Mauritania , from 20 to 22 June ; and would go to Bamako, Mali , on 22 June for consultations with the President of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) . Finally , he would be in Al§eria from 22 to 24 June , returning to New Yodthat weekend. Concerning Namibia , Kr . Giuliani said there was nothing new to ann�un �e today. The proclamation of the am nesty law still had not been issued. At a briefing g-iver) earlier today by the Administrator- General , there had apparently been indications that the amnesty document might come out over the weekend or on Monday, 5 June. In the event of the former, a copy would be faxed to Headquarters from Windhoek.; correspondents could contact the weekend duty officer tomorrow . Asked if the docum�nt would be made available to the press in Wi ndhoek as well , .Kr . Giuliani answet"ed in the eff:irmative. To a question about the 500 extra police who were supposed to go to ·Namibia , Mr. Giuliani said consultations with various contributors of police were now in the last stages , and it should be possible to take action shortly. Were those countries the same ones that had contributed the current 500? he was asked. Mr. Giuliani said in the first phase , the SecretaryT�en�ral had gone back to those same countries to see whether they could contribute more police monitors ; if the numbe ['::; were not. sufficient , they would turn to new countries . Asked about financing , Hr. Giuliani sa id it would have to be dealt with in the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACADQ ), but there should be no problem . In that regard , he had a report on the status of contributions to the United Nations Transit ion Assistance Group (UNTAG ), \ (more ) 2307D DPI Bdefing 2 2 June 198C) wh ich would be made available to correspondents . It bad been pr('pared by Matt Nerzig, wh o as of yesterday had taken over· sonw of thP duties of Fred Eckbard wh ile he was in Nami bia. Hr . Giuliani introduced Hr . Nerz ig to the correspondents and asked them to deal wi th him on matters connected with Un i ted Nations administration and financing . Had the Secretary-General abandoned the idea of go ing to Wi ndhoek? a correspondent asked . Hr . Giuliani repl ied that on the contrary , the Secretary-General was looking into the possibility of such a visit. Asked for the list of people .the Secretary-General would see in Geneva , Mr . Giuliani said it would be prov ided from Geneva. To questions about the Secretary-General 's meeting wi th Mrs . Thatcher , Mr . Gi uliani said the Secretary-General was goi ng to London on his way to Cambridge and wo uld meet with her, as wa s normal ; he did not yet have the list of other appointments in London . Asked about the status of discussions on We stern Sahara , Mr . Giuliani said there was nothing to add . Work was still under way to organ ize a cred ible referendum there , and the Secretary�General was in touch with both sides , Morocco and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saeuia el-Hamra and Rio de Oro (POI.ISARIO ). At what level would discussions be held in Rahat? he was asked . Hr . Giuliani said the Secretary-General would meet with King Hassan of Morocco and presumably with the Presi dents of Mauri tania, Mal i and Algeria and the President of POI.ISARIO . To a question about a wr itten report by Hector Gros-Espie:Q'� the Spec ial · Representat ive of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara, Mr . f·Giuliani said he had pres�nted a report to Mr . Perez de Cuellar, who wo uld in due course report to .the Security Council . The Secretary-General would also deal with that issue in his address to the OAU Summi t in late July . Mr . Giuliani then prefaced two announcements by stating that although it was not the habit of his office to serve as a promot ional vehicle for television shows , he made an exception once in a wh ile, and first drew .attention to .,Our Common Future ", a global television broadcast featuring top stars in rock, pop and the classics and numerous world leaders wh o were concerned about envi ronment. and development . It would be seen in New York. tomorrow , 3 June , from 2 to S p.m. , on Channel 9. In a videotaped me ssage contri buted to the programme , the Secretary-General wo uld stress that "we owe it to our chi ldren and our planet earth to act now to preserve a safe envi ronment" . Un i ted States President Bush and Un i ted Kingdom Prime Minister Thatcher were among the world leaders contributing· me ssages , and there was an unconfi rmed report th�t Soviet President Gorbachev 's statement wo uld also be included . Further details and CO[Iies of the tape of the Secretary-General 's one-minute me ssage wo uld be ava ilable from Alex Tauk.atch . (more ) 2307B