GROWING SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS IN LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IS ‘MOST PROMISING

PATHWAY’ IN OVERCOMING POVERTY TRAP, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Global Compact High-Level Round Table on Mobilizing Sustainable Investment in the Least Developed Countries, Johannesburg, 2 September:

BOTH BUSINESS AND SOCIETY STAND TO BENEFIT FROM WORKING TOGETHER,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Economic Development of Poorest Countries

Is of Fundamental Long-Term Interest to Global Community

Following is the text, as delivered, of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at “Business Day”, organized by Business Action for Sustainable Development, in Johannesburg on 1 September:

MOZAMBIQUE’S CONTINUING SUCCESS IS ‘BEST POSSIBLE ANTIDOTE’ TO SKEPTICS,

CYNICS ABOUT AFRICA, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

      Following is the text of a toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the dinner given by Joaquin Chissano, President of Mozambique, in Maputo on 29 August:

SECRETARY-GENERAL REAFFIRMS DETERMINATION OF UNITED NATIONS

TO HELP BOTSWANA FIGHT HIV/AIDS

Following is the text of a toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the State banquet hosted in his honour by His Excellency Festus G. Mogae, President of the Republic of Botswana, in Gaborone on 27 August:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL CONFIDENT THAT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS PREPARED

TO ASSIST ANGOLA IN OVERCOMING COMPLEX CHALLENGES

Following is the text of a toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a State banquet hosted by President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos of Angola in Luanda today:

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PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

ON BUNIA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The following statement was issued today by the president of the Security Council on the situation in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC):

Members of the Council condemn the fighting and massacres in Bunia and call for an immediate end to this violence and that those responsible be brought to justice.

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