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GA/9638
20 October 1999


Press Release
GA/9638


SECURITY COUNCIL CRITICIZED FOR SECRECY, SLOW RESPONSE IN AFRICA AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL’S REPORT

19991020

While the Security Council's own rules required it to meet in public, the option to meet privately had become the rule rather than the exception, the representative of Mexico told the General Assembly this afternoon, as it continued its consideration of the Council's annual report.

SG/SM/7187
19 October 1999


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SG/SM/7187


WAR FOE OF DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT BEST FORM OF CONFLICT-PREVENTION SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS WORLD BANK STAFF

19991019

This is the text of the Secretary-General's address to World Bank staff in Washington, D.C., today:

It is a great honour to be invited to give the first in your new programme of “United Nations Lectures”.

SG/SM/7185
19 October 1999


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SG/SM/7185


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR ‘STRONG, CONSISTENT, PREDICTABLE SUPPORT’ TO ENABLE UNITED NATIONS TO PROSPER

19991019

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the 1999 Woodrow Wilson Statesmanship Award from the Woodrow Wilson House this evening in Washington, D.C.:

You do me a great honour tonight in giving me this award, and I thank you.