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Article: The Secretary-General: excerpts from statements by United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.(Transcript)

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June 22, 1996
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To the Rio Branco Institute, Brasilia, Brazil, 29 February:

The cause of democracy has found a home in the United Nations. A new international consensus has been created. Broad support has been mobilized. Advocates of democracy have used the high political visibility of the United Nations to gain commitments and win wider support. The impact has been felt on the ground, not just in theory.

In January 1992, shortly after I became Secretary-General, the United Nations Electoral Assistance Division was established. To date, the United Nations has provided electoral assistance to over 60 countries worldwide. Starting with education about elections, the ...

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