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UN Department of Public Information, Yerevan Office
2 Petros Adamyan str., First Floor
Yerevan 375010, Armenia
Contact: Armine Halajyan, UN DPI Information Assistant
Tel.: (374 1) 560 212
Fax/Tel.: (374 1) 561 406
http://www.undpi.am
SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON 24 JANUARY
TO COMMEMORATE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION OF NAZI DEATH CAMPS
The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for
Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General is pleased to announce that a majority of Member
States have now agreed to the request to convene, on 24 January 2005, a
special session of the General Assembly to commemorate the 60th anniversary
of the liberation of the Nazi death camps. This will be an important
occasion, since the United Nations was founded as the world was learning the
full horror of the camps, and is dedicated to doing everything in its power
to protect human dignity and prevent any such horror from happening again.
He calls on all Member States to give the session their full support.
Provisional agenda of the twenty-eighth special session of the General
Assembly*
To convene at United Nations Headquarters on Monday,
24 January 2005, at 10 a.m.
1. Opening of the session by the Chairman of the delegation of the President
of
the fifty-ninth regular session of the General Assembly.
2. Minute of silent prayer or meditation.
3. Credentials of representatives to the special session of the General
Assembly.
4. Election of the President.
5. Organization of the session.
6. Adoption of the agenda.
7. Commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi
concentration camps.
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* Issued in accordance with rule 16 of the rules of procedure.
UN Department of Public Information, Yerevan Office
2 Petros Adamyan str., First Floor
Yerevan 375010, Armenia
Contact: Armine Halajyan, UN DPI Information Assistant
Tel.: (374 1) 560 212
Fax/Tel.: (374 1) 561 406
http://www.undpi.am
SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON 24 JANUARY
TO COMMEMORATE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION OF NAZI DEATH CAMPS
The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for
Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General is pleased to announce that a majority of Member
States have now agreed to the request to convene, on 24 January 2005, a
special session of the General Assembly to commemorate the 60th anniversary
of the liberation of the Nazi death camps. This will be an important
occasion, since the United Nations was founded as the world was learning the
full horror of the camps, and is dedicated to doing everything in its power
to protect human dignity and prevent any such horror from happening again.
He calls on all Member States to give the session their full support.
Provisional agenda of the twenty-eighth special session of the General
Assembly*
To convene at United Nations Headquarters on Monday,
24 January 2005, at 10 a.m.
1. Opening of the session by the Chairman of the delegation of the President
of
the fifty-ninth regular session of the General Assembly.
2. Minute of silent prayer or meditation.
3. Credentials of representatives to the special session of the General
Assembly.
4. Election of the President.
5. Organization of the session.
6. Adoption of the agenda.
7. Commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi
concentration camps.
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* Issued in accordance with rule 16 of the rules of procedure.