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10/12/2003
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‘BUILDING AN OPEN, EMPOWERING INFORMATION SOCIETY IS A SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND


ULTIMATELY POLITICAL CHALLENGE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT WORLD SUMMIT


Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva today:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES COMMUNICATION WILL ‘BUILD BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING’,


IN MESSAGE TO STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN WORLD SUMMIT EVENT


Following is the text of the message sent today from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to students participating in the World Summit Event for Schools:

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IN MESSAGE TO WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SUMMIT, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS


FOR STRENGTHENING COOPERATION BETWEEN COUNTRIES IN REGION


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the first Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Western Mediterranean cooperation partner countries, held in Tunis on 5 and 6 December 2003, delivered by Ariel Français, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Tunisia (translated from French):

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10/12/2003
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Biographical Note


ROSS MOUNTAIN NAMED ACTING SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR IRAQ


      Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named Ross Mountain as his acting Special Representative for Iraq.