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NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS PRESIDENT OF SIERRA LEONE TO VISIT HEADQUARTERS ON 1 OCTOBER

30 September 1997


Press Release


NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS PRESIDENT OF SIERRA LEONE TO VISIT HEADQUARTERS ON 1 OCTOBER

19970930

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

President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone, will visit Headquarters on Wednesday, 1 October, to address the General Assembly, confer with Secretary-General Kofi Annan and hold a press conference.

President Kabbah and his party will arrive at 9:25 a.m. at the Delegates Entrance, where he will be received by the Secretary-General. Accompanied by the Secretary-General and escorted by the Chief of Protocol, the President will proceed to room GA-200, where he will confer with the Secretary-General.

The President will be escorted to the West Foyer to wait for the invitation of Assembly President Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine) to proceed to the General Assembly to deliver his address.

Following his speech, the President, accompanied by the Secretary- General and the Assembly President, will proceed to room GA-200, where they will take their leave.

The President will hold a press conference at 11:15 a.m. in room 226.

He will leave Headquarters from the Delegates Entrance.

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