SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES INCREASED ENGAGEMENT IN MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS BY LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES

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SG/SM/10954

19 April 2007

	Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10954

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES INCREASED ENGAGEMENT IN MIDDLE EAST

PEACE PROCESS BY LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

The Secretary-General welcomes the statement yesterday by the Arab Ministerial Committee for the Arab Peace Initiative, which indicates increased engagement of the League of Arab States to reinvigorate the peace process.

The Secretary-General looks forward to meeting with the Ministerial Committee that has been formed to promote this process.

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