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GA/9204

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT WELCOMES SECURITY COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATION OF KOFI ANNAN TO BE NEXT SECRETARY-GENERAL

13 December 1996


Press Release
GA/9204


ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT WELCOMES SECURITY COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATION OF KOFI ANNAN TO BE NEXT SECRETARY-GENERAL

19961213 The following statement was issued this evening by General Assembly President Razali Ismail (Malaysia):

I am extremely pleased with the timely decision by the Security Council to recommend to the General Assembly Mr. Kofi Annan as the seventh Secretary- General of the United Nations.

GA/9203

GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENDS OAU EFFORTS TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS IN AFRICA

13 December 1996


Press Release
GA/9203


GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENDS OAU EFFORTS TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS IN AFRICA

19961213 Texts on Mine Clearance, Special Economic Assistance, Cooperation Between UN and International Organization for Migration Also Adopted

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS KOFI ANNAN OF GHANA, ACCEPTING WITH 'HUMILITY' NOMINATION AS SECRETARY-GENERAL, SAYS 'I AM EAGER TO BEGIN'

13 December 1996


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NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS KOFI ANNAN OF GHANA, ACCEPTING WITH 'HUMILITY' NOMINATION AS SECRETARY-GENERAL, SAYS 'I AM EAGER TO BEGIN'

19961213

The following statement was issued today by the Under-Secretary General for Peace-keeping Operations, Kofi Annan, following the formal recommendation by the Security Council that he be appointed United Nations Secretary-General: