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SG/SM/7439

KOFI ANNAN CALLS FOR SHARED VALUES OF FREEDOM, TOLERANCE AND NON- VIOLENCE IN ADDRESS TO ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

9 June 2000


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SG/SM/7439


KOFI ANNAN CALLS FOR SHARED VALUES OF FREEDOM, TOLERANCE AND NON- VIOLENCE IN ADDRESS TO ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

20000609

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address this evening to the seventeenth National Convention of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee in Arlington, Virginia:

It gives me great pleasure to be here for your annual convention and to salute the important work you are doing.

SG/SM/7438

SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS ON SPECIAL SESSION FINAL OUTCOME

8 June 2000


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SG/SM/7438
WOM/1212


SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS ON SPECIAL SESSION FINAL OUTCOME

20000608

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

The Secretary-General notes that there has been some progress overnight towards finalizing the outcome of the Beijing plus five process. He welcomes the spirit of cooperation shown by delegations.

SG/SM/7433

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN SOLOMON ISLANDS

7 June 2000


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SG/SM/7433


SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN SOLOMON ISLANDS

20000607

Following is a statement issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the developments in Solomon Islands:

The Secretary-General is closely following developments in Solomon Islands, where Governor General Father John Lapli and Prime Minister Bartholomew Ulufa'alu have been taken hostage.

SG/SM/7432

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GATHERING OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WOMEN'S BEIJING ACTION PLAN CANNOT BE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT THEM

5 June 2000


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SG/SM/7432
WOM/1207


SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GATHERING OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WOMEN'S BEIJING ACTION PLAN CANNOT BE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT THEM

20000605

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 5 June gathering of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on the occasion of the General Assembly special session "Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century":