At a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belarus, Ivan Antonovich, told reporters that the Union between his country and the Russian Federation was not a threat, but an important part of the overall process of European integration.
At a Headquarters press conference this morning, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of Sierra Leone called on the Security Council to provide concrete support for the efforts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to restore his democratically elected Government to power.
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Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, informed correspondents at the start of today's briefing that the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, who was briefing the Security Council, had been invited to talk to them afterwards.
At a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmonov, told correspondents that the situation in neighbouring Afghanistan could destabilize the Central Asian region.
At a Headquarters press conference Friday afternoon, Prime Minister Fatos Nano of Albania said his country has taken positive steps towards, not only recovering, but also building prosperity after a difficult period. He said he had presented to the General Assembly a general outline for making Albania attractive to European citizens as well as its own people.
Any resolution on Myanmar adopted by the General Assembly's current session should request Secretary-General Kofi Annan to invite countries that were friendly to that Member State to establish a formal consultative body that would recommend steps that would help the international community ensure the implementation of all previous Assembly resolutions on that country.
Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, told correspondents at the start of today's press briefing that the Security Council ministerial meeting was wrapping up at about that same time. The Secretary-General had spoken second in the debate.
