- 2 - Press Release SG/SM/7496 26 July 2000
Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's opening remarks to the high-level meeting of the Global Compact, delivered this morning:
Together, we are making a bit of history today.
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Hannah Yilma as the Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Pretoria, South Africa. She is expected to take up her duties on 25 July.
The following statement was issued on Friday, 21 July, by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General expressed his disappointment today at the failure of the G-7 States to provide the promised debt relief to poor countries in a timely manner.
(Delayed in transmission.)
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annans remarks at a private viewing of the United Nations Millennium art exhibition, delivered on Thursday, 20 July:
Following is the text of the address delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the open meeting of the Security Council on conflict prevention:
NEW YORK, 20 July -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will bring together leaders from global business, international labour and civil society organizations who will pledge their commitment to universally accepted human rights, labour and environmental principles.
The Secretary-General arrived in Lomé, Togo, on the afternoon of Sunday, 9 July.
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