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SG/SM/9802
4/4/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9802

‘CALLING OURSELVES COLLEAGUES OF DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD IS A BADGE OF HONOUR WE ALL WEAR’


SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, OPENING COMMEMORATIVE LECTURE SERIES


Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to open the Dag Hammarskjöld Lectures and Conversations Series in New York, 4 April:


Let me start by saying that calling ourselves colleagues of Dag Hammarskjöld is a badge of honour we all wear.

SG/SM/9800
04/04/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9800

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO PARLIAMENTARIANS TO HELP ADVANCE UN REFORM


TO MEET 21ST CENTURY CHALLENGES, IN MESSAGE TO MANILA MEETING

 


Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the 112th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, delivered by Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning, in Manila, 3 April:

SG/A/913
04/04/2005
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SG/A/913

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ENVOYS FOR SEPTEMBER SUMMIT

 


The Secretary-General is pleased to announce the appointment of their Excellencies Dermot Ahern, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland; Ali Alatas, former Foreign Minister of Indonesia; Joaquin Chissano, former President of Mozambique; and Ernesto Zedillo, former President of Mexico, as his Envoys for the Summit to take place in New York in September 2005.

SG/SM/9798-L/3086
1/4/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9798
L/3086

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION ADDS BUILDING BLOCK


TO GLOBAL ANTI-TERRORISM STRATEGY, IN REMARKS TO AD HOC COMMITTEE


Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly Resolution 51/210 on the adoption of a draft International Convention on Nuclear Terrorism, in New York, 1 April: