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NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS PRESIDENT OF NICARAGUA TO VISIT HEADQUARTERS

19 September 1997


Press Release


NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS PRESIDENT OF NICARAGUA TO VISIT HEADQUARTERS

19970919 0N 22 AND 23 SEPTEMBER

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

The President of Nicaragua, Arnoldo Aleman Lacayo, will visit United Nations Headquarters on Monday and Tuesday, 22 and 23 September, to address the General Assembly. He will also participate in a meeting with the Secretary-General and the Presidents of Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras.

On 22 September, President Aleman Lacayo and his party will arrive at the Delegates Entrance at 12:49 p.m., where he will be received by the Secretary-General. He will be escorted to the West Foyer to join the other Heads of State and Government who will attend a luncheon hosted by the Secretary-General in their honour in the North Lounge, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.

The President will then be escorted to the West Foyer to wait for the time of his statement. Following his address to the Assembly, he will be accompanied by the Assembly President and the Secretary-General to Room GA-200, where they will take leave of him.

President Aleman Lacayo will then leave Headquarters by the Delegates Entrance.

On Tuesday, 23 September, at 12 noon, the President will return to Headquarters, where he will meet with the Secretary-General and the Presidents of Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras in Conference Room 5.

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For information media. Not an official record.