High Level Summit 14-16 September 2005
SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ENVOY FOR SEPTEMBER SUMMIT
The Secretary-General is pleased to announce the appointment of Her Excellency Dr. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of Latvia, as his Envoy for the Summit to take place in New York in September 2005.
This completes the Secretary-General’s team of five envoys who have agreed to use their good offices to help him promote the comprehensive agenda outlined in his report “In larger freedom: towards development, security and human rights for all”. He has placed before world leaders an agenda for action in order to move our world decisively towards important
goals: halving poverty in the next ten years; reducing the threat of war, terrorism and deadly weapons; and advancing human dignity in every land.
He has also called for the most far-reaching reforms of the United Nations in its 60-year history.
President Vike-Freiberga joins the other Envoys
– their Excellencies Mr. Dermot Ahern, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ireland; Mr. Ali Alatas, former Foreign Minister of Indonesia; Mr. Joaquin Chissano, former President of Mozambique; and Mr. Ernesto Zedillo, former President of Mexico.As Latvia’s head of state, President Vike-Freiberga has actively supported the need for UN reform. Elected to a second term in office in 2003, she has successfully guided her nation through a period of active reforms leading to full membership in EU and NATO.
The Secretary-General wishes to express his profound gratitude to Her Excellency for having agreed to take on this challenging assignment and invest her time, energy and political wisdom in assisting him in his efforts.
12 April 2005
New York
