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Article: SECRETARY-GENERAL KI-MOON WELCOMES UNITED STATES DECISION TO START PROCESS FOR CLOSING GUANTANAMO BAY DETENTION FACILITY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 23, 2009
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The United Nations Office of the Secretary General issued the text of the following statement:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The Secretary-General joins the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, in welcoming yesterday's executive orders by President Barack Obama of the United States initiating a process for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, a review of United States detention policies and the introduction of measures to ...