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Secretary-General


SG/SM/9304
14/05/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9304


SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES AGREEMENT ON PARTICIPATION IN MYANMAR NATIONAL CONVENTION


Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:


The Secretary-General is disappointed to learn that an agreement has not been reached for the participation of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and some other ethnic nationality parties in the National Convention due to begin on 17 May.