Secretary General hails Dominican Republic for progress on antipoverty goals
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Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, visited the Dominican Republic on 4-5
August, 2006. Mr. Annan and President Leonel Fernandez Reyna took part
in a forum dealing with the attainment of the Millennium Development
Goals in the country. The Secretary-General thanked the President and
the people of the Dominican Republic for embracing the Goals and assured
them of the United Nations' ongoing support. Later on the 4th, the Secretary-General met with the President of the Senate, Andres Bautista, and the President of the House of Representatives, Alfredo Pacheco Osoria. He then spoke at a gathering organized by the Global Foundation on Democracy and Development. In the evening,
President Fernandez, in recognition of the Secretary-General's work,
granted him the Dominican Republic decoration of the "Order of the Merit
of Duarte Sanchez and Mella, Silver Cross" during a ceremony held in the
National Palace. The ceremony was followed by a joint press conference
between President Fernandez and the Secretary-General and a state dinner
hosted by President Fernandez.
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