SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH CHAIRMAN ARAFAT OF PLO

This statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

At 12:50 p.m. today, the Secretary-General received Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat. They discussed current developments in the Middle East peace process. They reviewed Âé¶¹APP development assistance in Gaza, for which the PLO Chairman expressed his appreciation. The Secretary-General and Mr. Arafat also discussed the situation in Iraq.
The Secretary-General thanked the PLO Chairman for his presence in New York to participate in the special commemorative meeting of the General Assembly marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Âé¶¹APP.

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