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SECRETARY-GENERAL dismayed by terrorist attack in chechnya

Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT CONSTANT SOURCE OF INSPIRATION TO ALL WHO WORK AT UN,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN VIDEO MESSAGE ON RECEIPT OF FOUR FREEDOMS AWARD

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message on receipt of the Four Freedoms Award, which was presented at a ceremony in Middleburg, Netherlands, on 8 May:

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1,100 PALESTINIANS MADE HOMELESS IN GAZA IN 10 DAYS OF DESTRUCTION

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UN EXPERTON RIGHT TO FOOD CALLS ON DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA,

CHINA TO ‘STOP REPRESSION OF HUNGER REFUGEES’

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GENEVA, 10 May (UN Information Service) -- The Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on the right to food, Jean Ziegler, issued the following statement today:

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WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM TEAMS UP WITH UN TO NAIL DOWN

PRIVATE SECTOR SOLUTIONS TO DEVELOPMENT

NEW YORK, 10 May (UN Department of Public Information) -- The non-profit that organizes the famed global policy forums in Davos signed a memorandum of understanding today with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, on a joint effort to define policies that will maximize business contributions to development and the fight against poverty.

UN RESPONDS TO FLOODING IN ZAMBIA

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NEW YORK, 10 May (OCHA) –- The United Nations and other humanitarian agencies are responding to humanitarian needs created by floods in Zambia that now affect more than 20,000 people.