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23 May 2005

SG/SM/9886-SAG/365

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY’S REVISED REGULATIONS ‘BOLD AND NECESSARY STEP’ TO PROTECT GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

23/05/2005

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SG/SM/9886
SAG/365

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY’S REVISED REGULATIONS ‘BOLD AND NECESSARY STEP’

TO PROTECT GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

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

20 May 2005

SG/SM/9885-AFR/1165

IN AFRICA DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS SEPTEMBER SUMMIT TIME FOR ‘BOLD ACTION’ FOR CONTINENT’S SPECIAL NEEDS

20/05/2005

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SG/SM/9885
AFR/1165

IN AFRICA DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS SEPTEMBER SUMMIT

TIME FOR ‘BOLD ACTION’ FOR CONTINENT’S SPECIAL NEEDS

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on Africa Day, observed 25 May:

The annual observance of Africa Day offers an opportunity to reflect on Africa’s prospects and its plight.

20 May 2005

SG/SM/9884

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS KIERAN PRENDERGAST TO MEET WITH POLITICAL LEADERS IN CYPRUS AT END OF MAY

20/05/2005

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SG/SM/9884

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS KIERAN PRENDERGAST TO MEET

WITH POLITICAL LEADERS IN CYPRUS AT END OF MAY

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

19 May 2005

SG/SM/9883

‘HISTORIC FUNDAMENTAL PROGRESS IS POSSIBLE’ AT SEPTEMBER UN SUMMIT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO FORMER CIVIL SERVANTS MEETING

19/05/2005

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SG/SM/9883

‘HISTORIC FUNDAMENTAL PROGRESS IS POSSIBLE’ AT SEPTEMBER UN SUMMIT, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO FORMER CIVIL SERVANTS MEETING

(Delayed in transmission.)

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of the thirty-fifth anniversary and Annual Assembly of the Association of Former International Civil Servants (AFICS), in New York, 18 May:

18 May 2005

SG/SM/9881

IN VIDEO MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS TRIBUTE TO JAMES WOLFENSOHN, PRESIDENT, WORLD BANK

18/5/2005

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SG/SM/9881

IN VIDEO MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS TRIBUTE

TO JAMES WOLFENSOHN, PRESIDENT, WORLD BANK

Following is the text of the video message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the tribute to James Wolfensohn, President, World Bank:

Dear Jim,

18 May 2005

SG/SM/9880

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT OF KIERAN PRENDERGAST, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS

18/05/2005

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SG/SM/9880

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT OF KIERAN PRENDERGAST,

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS

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

17 May 2005

SG/T/2447

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN PENNSYLVANIA, 15 - 16 MAY

On Sunday afternoon, 15 May, Secretary-General Kofi Annan, accompanied by his wife Nane, travelled to Philadelphia, where he would deliver the commencement address at the University of Pennsylvania the following morning.