30/01/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9140
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONSTRUCTIVE
ATTITUDE OF ALL PARTIES
IN SEARCH FOR CONSTITUTIONAL SOLUTION IN VENEZUELA
New York, 30 January 2004 - The following
statement was issued today by the Spokesman for
Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General is following with special
interest the latest developments in Venezuela and
welcomes the constructive attitude of all parties
in the search for a constitutional solution, as
established in the agreement of 29 May 2003 signed
by the Government and the opposition Coordinadora
Democratica.
In this context, the Secretary-General welcomes
the decision of the National Electoral Council
(CNE) to involve international observers in its
ongoing work, an important element in ensuring a
peaceful, electoral, and constitutional solution
to the country’s political impasse.
http://www.oas.org/OASpage/eng/Venezuela/Release-UN-013004.htm