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SG/A/731
REC/88

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS DANUTA HUBNER OF POLAND EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

The Secretary-General travelled to Bangui from Gabon in the afternoon of Sunday, 30 April, to begin the first-ever visit of a United Nations Secretary- General to the Central African Republic.

The Secretary-General arrived in Libreville, Gabon, in the evening of Friday, 28 April.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Banjul in the morning of Friday, 28 April, for the first-ever visit by a Secretary-General to the Gambia.

Press Release
SG/SM/7374

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUDAN GOVERNMENT’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF HUMANITARIAN CEASEFIRE, 29 APRIL TO 15 JULY

Expresses Hope that People’s Liberation Movement/Army Will Observe Same Pause

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

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SG/SM/7373

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES UN REGIONAL HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR DROUGHT IN HORN OF AFRICA

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

The Secretary-General arrived in Dakar, Senegal, in the evening of Tuesday, 25 April, following brief stopovers in London and Paris.

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SG/SM/7372

JOINT MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL, UNESCO, HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, TO MARK WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, 3 MAY 2000

Following is the joint message to mark World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2000, from Secretary-General Kofi Annan, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Koichiro Matsuura, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson:

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SG/SM/7371
GA/PAL/828

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO PARIS CONFERENCE ON PALESTINE REFUGEES, URGES REDOUBLED EFFORT AT DRAMATIC POINT IN MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Conference on Palestine Refugees, delivered by Under-Secretary- General Kieran Prendergast, at the Headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris on 26 April:

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SG/SM/7369

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES WORLD EDUCATION FORUM ON THEME OF ‘BUILDING A PARTNERSHIP FOR GIRLS’ EDUCATION’

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Education Forum, delivered in Dakar, Senegal, on 26 April: