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SG/A/833-BIO/3483-PI/1468
17/03/2003
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SG/A/833
BIO/3483
PI/1468


Biographical Note


SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS AKIO NOMURA DIRECTOR OF UN INFORMATION CENTRE IN TOKYO


Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Akio Nomura as the Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Tokyo.  He will take up his duties on

17 March 2003.

SG/SM/8636
14/03/2003
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SG/SM/8636


GLOBALIZATION TODAY HAS ‘WINNERS AND LOSERS’; CHALLENGE FOR TOMORROW

IS TO MAKE IT WORK FOR ALL, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL


Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, as he introduced Jagdish Bhagwati, Jeffrey Sachs and Joseph Stiglitz at the Headquarters lecture, “Globalization:  Winners and Losers”, on 14 March:

SG/SM/8634-PAL/1938
14/03/2003
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SG/SM/8634
PAL/1938


SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED AT RISING CASUALTIES IN ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT; URGES IMMEDIATE END TO VIOLENCE


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


The Secretary-General is gravely concerned at the rising and alarming toll of casualties in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  In the last 24 hours alone,

SG/SM/8633-OBV/330-RD/975
14/03/2003
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SG/SM/8633
OBV/330
RD/975


FORTY YEARS AFTER SHARPEVILLE MASSACRE, FIGHT AGAINST RACISM NOT YET WON,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY


Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which is observed 21 March:

SG/SM/8631-AFR/579
12/03/2003
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SG/SM/8631
AFR/579


PROGRESS IN CONSOLIDATING AFRICA’S PEACE SETS STAGE FOR HARD WORK AHEAD,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO TOKYO CONFERENCE


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the “In Search of the Consolidation of Peace in Africa” conference delivered by his Special Adviser on Africa, Ibrahim Gambari, in Tokyo on 12 March: