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SG/SM/7636

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS GAZA STRIP VIOLENCE

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

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SG/SM/7635
WOM/1239

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON DAY FOR ELIMINATING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, SAYS SCOURGE OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE MUST BE GLOBALLY CONDEMNED

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which is observed on 25 November:

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SG/SM/7634

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS ROLE OF VOLUNTEERS IN IMPROVING HUMAN CONDITION

Message for International Volunteer Day Notes Effort Of New Group To Spread Information Technology in Developing Countries

This is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the observance, on 5 December, of International Volunteer Day:

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SG/SM/7633
DC/2729

SECRETARY-GENERAL, SPEAKING OF ‘WORLD AWASH WITH SMALL ARMS’, PRESENTS REPORT ON WEAPONS DESTRUCTION TO SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

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SG/SM/7632

MILITARY OPERATIONS SHOULD NOT BE DESCRIBED AS HUMANITARIAN ACTION, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SYMPOSIUM

Following is the text of opening remarks made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to an International Peace Academy Symposium on Humanitarian Action, also attended by Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, Jozias van Aartsen:

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SG/SM/7631

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES ACADEMY’S KEY ROLE IN PROMOTING NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the conference on “The Second Nuclear Age and the Academy”, delivered at John Jay College, City College of New York, on 17 November:

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SG/2031/Rev.3*
BIO/3053/Rev.3*

KOFI A. ANNAN, UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Kofi Annan of Ghana is the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. The first Secretary-General to be elected from the ranks of United Nations staff, he began his term on 1 January 1997.

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SG/SM/7630
AFR/275

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE FOR AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY

Following is the text of a statement from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of Africa Industrialization Day (20 November):

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SG/SM/7629
AFR/274

SECRETARY GENERAL TO DISPATCH SPECIAL ENVOY TO CÔTE D’IVOIRE

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman of Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

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SG/SM/7628
AFR/273

SECRETARY-GENERAL, BRIEFING SECURITY COUNCIL ON ETHIOPIA/ERITREA, SAYS ‘WE MUST GET IT RIGHT,’ STRESSING MISSION’S GREAT PROMISE

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, as he briefed the Security Council on the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)in New York on 17 November: