ADDRESSING CONCLUDING SESSION OF FIFTY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION,

OUTGOING PRESIDENT STRESSES FOLLOW-UP TO MILLENNIUM GOALS

Following is the text of the statement by General Assembly President Harri Holkeri (Finland), at the concluding session of the fifty-fifth General Assembly, 10 September 2001:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

1^st Meeting (PM)

OPENING ITS FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION, GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONDEMNS HEINOUS ACTS

OF TERRORISM PERPETRATED IN HOST CITY AND WASHINGTON

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF COTE D'IVOIRE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

The new Permanent Representative of Côte d'Ivoire to the United Nations, Djessan Philippe Djangone-Bi, presented his credentials this afternoon to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SENEGAL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

The new Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations, Papa Louis Fall, presented his credentials this afternoon to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CAPE VERDE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Luis de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca, the new Permanent Representative of Cape Verde to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SAINT VINCENT AND GRENADINES PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Margaret Hughes Ferrari, the new Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, today presented her credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF UNITED ARAB EMIRATES PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Abdulaziz Nasser R. Al-Shamsi, the new Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SOMALIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Ahmed Abdi Hashi, the new Permanent Representative of Somalia to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF UKRAINE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

The new Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Valeriy P. Kuchinsky, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.