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Press Release
SG/SM/7629

SECRETARY GENERAL TO DISPATCH SPECIAL ENVOY TO CÔTE D’IVOIRE

17 November 2000


Press Release
SG/SM/7629
AFR/274


SECRETARY GENERAL TO DISPATCH SPECIAL ENVOY TO CÔTE D’IVOIRE

20001117

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman of Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General continues to monitor developments in Côte d’Ivoire. Following talks he held with a presidential delegation from that country earlier this month, the Secretary-General has decided to dispatch his Special Envoy, Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, to Abidjan from 21 to 25 November.

Mr. Brahimi will hold talks with the Ivoirian head of State and other senior government officials, political party leaders, security forces, and civil society groups in the country, with a view to assisting Côte d’Ivoire restore stability and the rule of law as the country pursues its democratization process.

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