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SG/SM/7429
DEV/2248

SECRETARY-GENERAL POSTPONES UNDP ADMINISTRATOR’S TRIP TO ZIMBABWE FOLLOWING NOTICE THAT GOVERNMENT WILL COMPULSORILY ACQUIRE FARMS

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

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SG/SM/7428
WOM/1199

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS GLOBALIZATION MUST WORK IN FAVOUR OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN, NOT AGAINST THEM

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the opening of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) exhibition, “Progress of the World’s Women”, on 5 June:

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SG/A/732
BIO/3294

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MARIE HEUZÉ DIRECTOR OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE IN GENEVA

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Marie Heuzé as the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva. She will take up her duties on 5 June.

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SG/SM/7427

SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES GROUP'S DECISION TO ADMIT ISRAEL AS TEMPORARY MEMBER

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

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SG/SM/7426

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT SCREENING OF JANE FONDA FILM, EVOKES GOALS OF BEIJING PLUS FIVE

Following is the text of remarks addressed yesterday, 30 May, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a reception given by the United Nations Foundation and the International Women's Health Coalition, to mark "Beijing Plus Five" and present a film by Jane Fonda:

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SG/SM/7425
UNEP/68

SECRETARY-GENERAL, MARKING WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY, SEES 'NO EASY SOLUTIONS'; CALLS FOR GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT TO CONSERVATION, STEWARDSHIP

Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark World Environment Day, 5 June:

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SG/SM/7424
AFR/237

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CELEBRATING SILVER ANNIVERSARY OF ECOWAS, STRESSES NEED TO ESTABLISH PEACE, SECURITY IN SUBREGION

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SG/SM/7423
AFR/236

ON UN'S BEHALF, SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT OBASANJO ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF NIGERIA'S RETURN TO DEMOCRACY

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's congratulatory message to President Obasanjo of Nigeria, delivered on 29 May:

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SG/SM/7422
AFR/235

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS RELEASE OF 'VIRTUALLY ALL' SIERRA LEONE PEACEKEEPERS

The following statement was issued on 28 May by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is delighted with the news out of Liberia that virtually all of the detained peacekeepers in Sierra Leone have been freed.

The Secretary-General travelled to Washington, D.C., on the morning of Thursday, 25 May.