Secretary-General

SG/SM/11295

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CLIMATE CHANGE, BUDGET, CAPITAL MASTER PLAN, MIDDLE EAST AMONG ISSUES

AS SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFS INFORMAL MEETING OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s briefing to an informal meeting of the General Assembly in New York, 21 November:

I am grateful for this opportunity to bring you up to date on some of the wide-ranging issues of interest to Member States — from climate change, the budget and the Capital Master Plan to the Middle East, Myanmar and Darfur.

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Next week, I shall attend the Middle East conference in Annapolis.  I hope the meeting will provide the impetus for final status negotiations.  In the meantime, I remain especially concerned by the prevailing humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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Document symbol: SG/SM/11295
Document Type: Briefing, Press Release, Secretary-General press release
Document Sources: General Assembly, Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)
Subject: Peace conference, Peace process
Publication Date: 23/11/2007