SG/SM/6377
SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MISSION TO BAGHDAD LEAVES TONIGHT; IRAQI GOVERNMENT INDICATES READINESS TO RECEIVE
3 November 1997
Press Release
SG/SM/6377
SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MISSION TO BAGHDAD LEAVES TONIGHT; IRAQI GOVERNMENT INDICATES READINESS TO RECEIVE
19971103 This is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:The mission appointed by the Secretary-General to travel to Baghdad will be departing tonight and is expected to arrive in Baghdad on Tuesday, or at the latest on Wednesday.
In a telephone conversation this morning, the Secretary-General was informed by the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq, Tariq Aziz, of the readiness of the Government of Iraq to receive the mission.
The members are Lakhdar Brahimi (who will lead the mission), Emilio Cardenas and Jan Eliasson.
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