SOUND MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

CRUCIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE TELLS SUMMIT

Johannesburg Concludes High-Level Debate;

Summit Expected to Adopt Political Declaration, Action Plan

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DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, TRADE PROTECTIONISM AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED

IN THIRD WORLD SUMMIT ROUND TABLE

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GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN FUND, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REFORM,

AMONG ISSUES AT SECOND SUMMIT ROUND TABLE

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN SOCIETY AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IS CORE CONCERN

OF JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Common Action Plan Must Be Adopted

By Governments; Should Be Reinforced with Voluntary Partnerships

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a high-level round table in Johannesburg today:

‘WE MUST ENSURE THAT WHAT WE ACHIEVE HERE OPENS AN ERA OF IMPLEMENTATION’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN JOHANNESBURG REMARKS

Following is the text of a toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a dinner hosted by Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa, in Johannesburg on 2 September:

WITH SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY, COMMITMENT, PARTNERSHIP, `WE CAN CHANGE THIS WORLD

FOR THE BETTER’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS EVENT IN SOWETO

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at an event organized by Dr. Jane Goodall in Soweto on 2 September:

‘THERE WILL BE DAYS WHEN BOLD ACTION IS CALLED FOR, AND TIME WHEN MORE NUANCED APPROACHES

ARE MORE EFFECTIVE’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN REMARKS TO CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Civil Society Forum in Johannesburg on 2 September:

GROWING SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS IN LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IS ‘MOST PROMISING

PATHWAY’ IN OVERCOMING POVERTY TRAP, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Global Compact High-Level Round Table on Mobilizing Sustainable Investment in the Least Developed Countries, Johannesburg, 2 September:

UNSUSTAINABLE PRACTICES WOVEN DEEPLY INTO FABRIC OF MODERN LIFE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT

‘We Can and Must Weave in New Strands of Knowledge and Cooperation’, He Adds

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, 2 September: