SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES STATEMENT BY FOREIGN MINISTERS ON KOSOVO
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SG/SM/6982
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES STATEMENT BY FOREIGN MINISTERS ON KOSOVO
19990506 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:The Secretary-General welcomes the statement by the Chairman on the conclusion of the meeting of the G8 Foreign Ministers at the Petersberg, in Germany, today, adopting general principles on the political solution to the Kosovo crisis. He is pleased in particular at the decision to prepare elements of a United Nations Security Council resolution, to draw up a road map on further concrete steps towards a political solution to the crisis and to involve other members of the Council in this effort. The Secretary-General believes this is an important step in the direction he advocated when he spoke earlier this week in the Council and appealed to the members to find the unity necessary to achieve the required political solution.
The Secretary-General reiterates his willingness to extend full cooperation in the effort to rebuild a consensus on this question and in this connection expects to announce the appointment of his special envoys shortly.
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