SG/SM/10239
ECO/99
1 December 2005
Secretary-General Stresses Alliances in Message to Global Compact Summit
NEW YORK, 30 November (UN Headquarters) -- Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's video message for the Global Compact Summit in Shanghai, China, today, 30 November:
I send warm greetings to all of you attending the Global Compact Summit in China. I wish I could be there with you.
Our collective mission is crucial: building alliances for a sustainable global economy.
So let me wish you a most productive meeting over the next two days. I look forward to hearing about the outcome and discussing it during my own visit to China next month.
Xie xie. Thank you very much.
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