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SG/SM/10381-OBV/547
20 March 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10381
OBV/547
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

LAUNCH OF GLOBAL PLAN A MILESTONE IN STRUGGLE AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS,


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD TB DAY


Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World TB Day, 24 March 2006:

SG/SM/10380
20 March 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10380
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

‘YOU CAN HELP BRIDGE THE CHASMS OF IGNORANCE, FEAR AND MISUNDERSTANDING’,


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO CONGRESS OF IMAMS, RABBIS


Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Second World Congress of Imams and Rabbis for Peace, in Seville, 19-21 March:

SC/8667
20 March 2006
Security CouncilSC/8667
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

5390th Meeting (AM & PM)


Security Council debates global progress against illicit small arms trade;


Strengthened arms embargoes, brokering regulation among issues raised


Meets Ahead of June Conference to Review 2001 Action Programme;

SG/SM/10379
17 March 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10379
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Madagascar’s strong ‘wonderfully diverse’ culture lesson for all trying to live


in peace, says Secretary-General in remarks to academie malgache


Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the Academie Malgache, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, 17 March:

SG/SM/10377-OBV/545-RD/994
17 March 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10377
OBV/545
RD/994
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

‘none of us is born to hate; intolerance is taught and can be untaught’,


Secretary-General says in message on day to eliminate discrimination


Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March: