SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT CHILE, VENEZUELA FROM 4-9 NOVEMBER
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SG/SM/6374
SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT CHILE, VENEZUELA FROM 4-9 NOVEMBER
19971031 Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:Next Tuesday, 4 November, the Secretary-General will travel to South America on a six-day visit to Chile and Venezuela.
In Chile, Mr. Annan will meet with President Eduardo Frei and other senior officials from the Chilean Government. The Secretary-General will also receive an Honoris Causa Doctorate from the University of Chile in Santiago. The Secretary-General will fulfil an important objective of this trip when he visits the headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). There, he will meet with the staff and, in particular, with Gert Rosenthal, Executive Secretary of this regional Commission, who will retire at the end of 1997 after 10 years of distinguished and loyal service to the United Nations.
In Venezuela, the Secretary-General will participate in the Seventh Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, in Porlamar, Isla de Margarita where, according to this year's Summit theme, he will deliver a speech on the subject "Ethical Values of Democracy". The Summit will afford the Secretary-General an opportunity to meet bilaterally with heads of State and Government from Spain, Portugal and Latin America.
The Secretary-General is expected back in New York on Monday, 10 November.
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