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SG/SM/9489
20/09/2004
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SG/SM/9489

international community now ‘falling short’ in achieving anti-poverty goals,


says Secretary-General to Headquarters meeting of world leaders


Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the World Leaders’ Meeting on Action against Hunger and Poverty in New York, 20 September:

SG/SM/9488-HQ/633
20/09/2004
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SG/SM/9488
HQ/633

RENOVATED FACILITY ILLUSTRATION OF SWITZERLAND TODAY -– STYLE, QUALITY, FUNCTION


IN PERFECT HARMONY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT INAUGURATION OF GA-200


Following are the remarks delivered today at Headquarters by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the inauguration of the renovated GA-200, presented by the Government of Switzerland:

SG/SM/9486-IAEA1361
20/09/2004
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SG/SM/9486
IAEA1361

IAEA’S ROLE IN MAINTENANCE OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY IS AS VITAL AS EVER,


SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS AGENCY’S GENERAL CONFERENCE


Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the forty-eighth General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, as delivered today by Nobuyasu Abe, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs:

SG/SM/9485-ECO/72
20/09/2004
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SG/SM/9485
ECO/72

Secretary-General stresses key role of private sector in development,


in message to World Industrial, Commercial Summit in Beijing

 


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the summit of the World Industrial and Commercial Organization, delivered in Beijing on 19 September by Kim Hak-Su, Executive-Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP):

SC/8192
20/09/2004
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SC/8192

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON SIERRA LEONE ISSUES REVISED LIST


The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1997) concerning Sierra Leone, on 20 September 2004, decided to remove sixteen names from the list of individuals affected by the measures contained in paragraph 5 of resolution 1171 (1998), which reads as follows:


“The Security Council...

SAG/295
20/09/2004
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SAG/295

Global cereal output rises on par with consumption

 


(Reissued as received.)


ROME, 20 September (FAO) -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today raised its latest 2004 cereal output forecast by 29 million tons to 1,985 million tons compared to its previous projection in June 2004.