Mubarak receives message from Annan

The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received a message from UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Egypt's Chief Delegate to the UN, Ahmad Abul Gheit, gave a statement saying that Annan informed President Mubarak of his appointing Dutch Housing and Environment Minister Jan Pronk as a special envoy to the World Africa in September 2002.

Abul Gheit explained that Annan would dispatch his envoy to listen to Mubarak's viewpoints on working on rendering this important summit a success.

"The summit comes within the context of reviewing the implementation of resolutions adopted during the first Earth Summit, held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992," Abul Gheit added.

He pointed out that Annan's initiative came within the framework of his interest to get acquainted with world leaders, viewpoints with the aim of promoting the international community's efforts to realize sustainable development.