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Note to the Secretary-General

1. The newly elected Prime Minister of Mr. Syed Y ousaf Raza Gillani • -•-•• M··-~---•• '"o•• '' • ...,, ·-··•• ' 0 '•'~ ·· ~· ~,,, , ,_,_,~- - '" '·-····-·--~-- "' • • •••- , .,,,,, .. '' , .,, • '' '''''' •••• - · '-• ~··••' '' - --·· - ··--·-···-----··-··•------' / ) / 1 ,' 7 took the oath of office tod~ Further to my note on 22 February 20Q8 1 Y.9.."':!...!!!.?:Y.Fi§h to J ';): -· 0( --; " i .... ------... - -... - ...... _,,_. __ ~- - -··--·-·-· - _____ ..,. ______----·-·· ------.. ·------··------~------. - . call the Prime Minister to congratulate him. You m~y~~9_:\Y~~-~- ~() . ~all Pr~siQ{!I1t ------· ------h•·-- ---· ---~------"' ' ' ''' '''"~ - -·~-. -- ~-- Musharraf.

2. Please find attached ~orne suggested talk!~jpts and a short bi.QWJlliy o_:( Mr. Qi_llani. A d_!_~ft l~~~~~L~9._J.?:gr~t_l!_l~_tjgp. _ ~m f.~!}gw. Confidential

Talking Points for Secretary-General's phone call with the newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Yo usaf Raza Gillani

[The newly elected Prime Minister ofPakistan, Mr. Syed Yousaf Raza Gil/ani took the oath of office today. He immediately ordered the release of Chief Justice Chaudhry and other detained judges under President Musharraf's emergency ordinance on November 3, 2008. He also urged Members of Parliament to pass a resol?Ation in favour of a United Nations investigation into the assassination offormer Prime Minister, Ms. . Legal Counsel Michel recently wrote a letter to Ms. Bhutto 's husband, Mr. Zardari, informing him that the UN could not initiate any investigation without a request from the Government and action by the Security Council.]

• I warmly congratulate you on your new position as Prime Minister.

• I have been personally following the elections in your country and commend the people of Pakistan for their peaceful conduct.

• I welcome that all political forces come together to make concerted efforts to strengthen institutions, progress and prosperity in your country.

• Pakistan is an important member of the United Nations. I look forward to continuing our close cooperation. Let me assure you of the full support of the United Nations, including for a fruitful dialogue to promote peace and stability in the region, particularly with regards to .

If asked: • A UN investigation of Ms. Bhutto's murder· necessitates a request by the Government as well as action by the Security Council. Confidential

Talking Points for Secretary-General's phone call with President Musharraf

• I welcome the swearing in of the new Prime Minister and your cooperation with the new Government.

• I am particularly pleased that all political forces come together to make concerted efforts to strengthen institutions, progress and prosperity in your country.

• Pakistan is an important member of the United Nations. I look forward to continuing our close cooperation including with regard to peace and stability in the region, for example on Afghanistan.

If asked: • A UN investigation of Ms. Bhutto's murder necessitates a request by the Government as well as action by the Security Council. PROFILE

SYED PRIME MINISTER OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN

Mr. Gillani was elected prime minister on 24 March by 264 votes to 42. He was sworn in by President Musharraf on 25 March.

Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Gill ani was elected as Member of the National Assembly from in the 2008 general election. He was jailed in 2001 by anti-.corruption court set up by Musharraf after being convicted of illegally granting 350 government jobs and for excessive use of telephones and cars as speaker. Mr. Gillani was released in 2006 and says the charges w~re politically motivated in a bid to force him to defect from the party and join Musharrafs allies.

He served as health and then housing minister in Bhutto's first government from 1988 to 1990 and was appointed speaker ofthe national assembly in her second term between 1993 and 1996.

Mr. Gillani started his political career in 1978 after the death of his father, Alamdar Hussain Gillani, who was a signatory to the Pakistan Resolution. He was part of a cabinet under the military dictator Zia-ul-Haq, who had Bhutto's father hanged in 1979. But he quit in 1988 to join the PPP, defeating future premier in elections that year after Zia's death in a mysterious air crash.

He graduated with an MAin Journalism from the , in 1976.

Mr. Gillani was born on 9 June 1952 in Multan. He is married and has four sons and one daughter.