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Press Release


SG/SM/11870
20 October 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11870
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General, french president agree on need for swift, concerted


global initiative to address international financial crisis


The following statement was issued on Saturday, 18 October, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

GA/DIS/3371
20 October 2008
General AssemblyGA/DIS/3371
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-third General Assembly

First Committee

12th Meeting (AM)


PREVENTING OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE WOULD AVERT GRAVE DANGER; POSSIBLE NEW VERIFIABLE


BILATERAL, MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS NEEDED, SAYS DRAFT TEXT IN FIRST COMMITTEE