SG/SM/6672
11 August 1998
(Reissued as received from a United Nations Information Officer.)
(Received from a United Nations Information Officer.)
LISBON, 8 August -- Jose Socrates, Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister of Portugal, has been elected President of the first World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth, currently being held in Lisbon.
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement to the opening of the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth, in Lisbon, on 8 August:
(Reissued as received from a United Nations Information Officer.)