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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:

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‘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:

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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:

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‘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:

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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:

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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:

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BOTH BUSINESS AND SOCIETY STAND TO BENEFIT FROM WORKING TOGETHER,


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS


Economic Development of Poorest Countries

Is of Fundamental Long-Term Interest to Global Community


Following is the text, as delivered, of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at “Business Day”, organized by Business Action for Sustainable Development, in Johannesburg on 1 September: