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Press Release


SG/SM/9587-IHA/962
11/11/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9587
IHA/962

‘International solidarity is crucial’, Secretary-General SAYS


at launch of Humanitarian Appeal for 2005

 


Following is the text of remarks, as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today at the launch of the Consolidated Humanitarian Appeal for 2005:


We are here today to sound an alarm on behalf of 26 million people struggling to survive the ravages of war and other emergencies.