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SG/SM/9766-ENV/DEV/828-OBV/470
16/03/2005
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SG/SM/9766
ENV/DEV/828
OBV/470

MAJOR EFFORTS NEEDED TO BETTER MANAGE WORLD’S WATER – ‘OUR LIFELINE FOR SURVIVAL’

 

IN 21ST CENTURY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD DAY MESSAGE

 


Following is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for World Water Day, observed 22 March:

SG/SM/9763
16/03/2005
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SG/SM/9763

MUCH OF UN MISSION DIRECT RESPONSE TO HORRORS OF NAZISM, HOLOCAUST,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT JERUSALEM DINNER

 


Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a dinner hosted by Moshe Katsav, President of Israel, in Jerusalem, 15 March:


It is a great pleasure to be here, and I would like to express my gratitude to the Government and people of Israel for the warm welcome they have extended to all of us.

SG/A/911-IHA/1025
16/03/2005
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SG/A/911
IHA/1025

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ERSKINE BOWLES AS DEPUTY

 

SPECIAL ENVOY FOR TSUNAMI RECOVERY

 


United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Erskine Bowles today as the Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery.  Mr. Bowles will support former President Bill Clinton in his capacity as the United Nations Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery.  The Secretary-General announced President Clinton’s appointment last month.

SG/SM/9762
15/03/2005
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SG/SM/9762

UN HAS ‘SACRED RESPONSIBILITY’ TO COMBAT HATRED, INTOLERANCE, SAYS


SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT JERUSALEM HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL


Following are United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the inauguration of the Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem, in Jerusalem, 15 March:


I would like to thank the Government of Israel and Yad Vashem for inviting us to this ceremony.