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DSG/SM/70
12 October 1999


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DSG/SM/70


DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES PANEL ON HUMAN SECURITY MARKING TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF VIENNA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE

19991012

Following is the statement by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette to a high-level panel discussion on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Vienna International Centre (VIC), which took place in Vienna on 9 October:

SG/SM/7164
11 October 1999


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SG/SM/7164


SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION EXHIBITION AND FORUM

19991011

Following is the text of the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Telecom '99, The Eighth World Telecommunication Exhibition and Forum, at Geneva on 9 October:

SG/2061
11 October 1999


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SG/2061


SECRETARY-GENERAL TO WELCOME 6 BILLIONTH WORLD CITIZEN

19991011

Secretary-General Kofi Annan will welcome “Baby 6 billion” on 12 October, the day the United Nations has chosen, based on expert projections, to mark this unprecedented population milestone. At a ceremony in Sarajevo's Kosovo Hospital, the Secretary-General will greet a newborn baby symbolically designated as the 6 billionth world citizen.

POP/739
11 October 1999


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POP/739


UNFPA APPOINTS MARY BANOTTI GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR IRELAND

19991011

NEW YORK, 11 October (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today appointed Mary Banotti, Member of the European Parliament, its Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face Campaign Spokesperson for Ireland.