UN Chief Praises ‘Vision, Tenacity’ of the Late Helmut Khol, Chancellor Who Reunited Germany
OBITUARIES, 19 Jun 2017
UN News Centre – TRANSCEND Media Service
Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany, addresses a special session of the United Nations General Assembly in June 1997. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
16 Jun 2017 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has lauded the vision and tenacity of the former Chancellor of Germany, Helmut Kohl, who died today at the age of 87.
A statement issued by the Secretary-General’s Spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, said Mr. Guterres learned with great sadness of Mr. Kohl’s passing.
Noting that Mr. Kohl was “Germany’s longest-serving chancellor,” the statement said that he “played an instrumental role in the peaceful reunification of his country, within a year of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and helped set a course for the historic process of Europe’s political and economic integration.”
“Today’s Europe is a product of his vision and his tenacity, in the face of enormous obstacles,” said the statement, which extended the UN Secretary-General’s condolences to Mr. Kohl’s family and to the Government and people of Germany.
Helmut Kohl (left) meets with former UN Secetary-General Kofi Annan. UN Photo/Evan Schneider
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