SPECIAL ADVISER LAKHDAR BRAHIMI TO VISIT NEPAL, 10 – 15 JULY

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Special Adviser of the Secretary-General, Lakhdar Brahimi, will visit Nepal from 10 to 15 July 2005.  As part of the Secretary-General’s ongoing effort to help find a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Nepal, Mr. Brahimi will meet, among others, His Majesty the King, senior government officials, leaders of political parties and a cross-section of representatives of Nepalese society.

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