HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING
BY HUA JIANG
DEPUTY SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
OF THE UNITED NATIONS
UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
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- At noon, the Secretary-General met with Austrian President Thomas Klestil, and said afterward that they discussed the situation in Iraq and the UN role in that country, and they also talked about the need to press ahead with the Quartet’s road map to resolve the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians.
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- He then went on, “We should also bear in mind that we have other major challenges that require us to work together,” including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Afghanistan, the fight against terrorism and the battle to reduce poverty. “So I hope we will all realize that we do need each other,” he concluded, “and that we need to come together and focus on what needs to be done.”
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Document Type: Note
Document Sources: Secretary-General
Subject: Palestine question, Peace proposals and efforts
Publication Date: 22/04/2003
Document Sources: Secretary-General
Subject: Palestine question, Peace proposals and efforts
Publication Date: 22/04/2003