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SG/SM/8163
15/03/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8163


SPECIAL ENVOY OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MYANMAR TO VISIT YANGON, 19 - 22 MARCH


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


Mr. Razali Ismail, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar, will visit Yangon from 19 to 22 March 2002, to continue his effort to help facilitate the national reconciliation process in Myanmar.

SG/SM/8162-OBV/266-RD/970
15/03/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8162
OBV/266
RD/970


SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES GOVERNMENTS, CIVIL SOCIETY TO ASSESS ACTION TAKEN


TO PROMOTE EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, TOLERANCE


New Ways Needed to Address Racism, Intolerance,

He Says in Message on Day to Eliminate Discrimination


Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March:

SG/SM/8159-SC/7325
12/03/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8159
SC/7325


SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL MIDDLE EAST CRISIS ‘WORST IN TEN YEARS;’


CALLS ON PALESTINIANS, ISRAELIS TO ‘LEAD YOUR PEOPLES AWAY FROM DISASTER’


Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council’s 12 March meeting on the situation in the Middle East: