SG/A/859-DEV/2448

ANWARUL K. CHOWDHURY DESIGNATED SECRETARY-GENERAL OF 2004 MEETING TO REVIEW ACTION PROGRAMME FOR SMALL ISLAND STATES

09/12/2003
Press Release
SG/A/859
DEV/2448


ANWARUL K. CHOWDHURY DESIGNATED SECRETARY-GENERAL OF 2004 MEETING


TO REVIEW ACTION PROGRAMME FOR SMALL ISLAND STATES


Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan has designated Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, as Secretary-General of the International Meeting for the ten-year review of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of the Small Island Developing States.  The ten-year review of the Programme of Action will be conducted in Mauritius from 30 August to 4 September 2004.  The last review was held in Barbados in 1994.


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