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GA/SM/334-GA/10166
02/10/2003
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GA/SM/334
GA/10166


AT CLOSE OF HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS GOVERNMENTS’


‘RESOUNDING SUPPORT’ FOR MULTILATERALISM, UN PRIMARY ROLE


Following is the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Julian R. Hunte (Saint Lucia), at the close of the general debate of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly today:

GA/10165
02/10/2003
Press Release
GA/10165


Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

21st & 22nd Meetings (AM & PM)


GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES ANNUAL HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE -- NEED FOR JOINT ACTION


STRESSED CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT, IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION, WEAPONS PROLIFERATION


During Two-week Session, 189 Speakers Heard, Including 77 Heads of State

And Government, 4 Vice-Presidents, 94 Deputy Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers