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SG/SM/9399

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SIGNING OF CAMBODIAN COALITION AGREEMENT

30/06/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9399

SECRETARY-GENERAL welcomes signing of cambodian coalition agreement


Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:


The Secretary-General welcomes the signing of a coalition agreement in Phnom Penh on 30 June 2004 between the Cambodian People’s Party and the FUNCINPEC party to form a new government in Cambodia.  It is his sincere hope that the agreement will be quickly formalized by the appropriate organs, so that a new government will be established as soon as possible.


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