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SG/SM/7990-AFR/341

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ‘SPIRIT OF OPENNESS, TOLERANCE’ AS CÔTE D’IVOIRE FORUM FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION OPENS

11/10/2001
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SG/SM/7990
AFR/341


SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ‘SPIRIT OF OPENNESS, TOLERANCE’ AS CÔTE D’IVOIRE


FORUM FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION OPENS


Following is the text of the message (originally delivered in French, on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Ibrahima Fall) of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Forum for National Reconciliation in Côte d’Ivoire:

SG/SM/7989-AFG/154

ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE HAS CENTRAL ROLE IN DEVISING EFFECTIVE STRATEGY TO COMBAT TERRORISM, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

09/10/2001
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SG/SM/7989
AFG/154


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ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE HAS CENTRAL ROLE IN DEVISING EFFECTIVE STRATEGY


TO COMBAT TERRORISM, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS


Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan (to be delivered by Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa) to the Organization of Islamic Conference Extraordinary Foreign Minister Conference in Doha on 10 October:

SG/SM/7988-OBV/240

INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION AIMS TO LIMIT LOSSES AND SUFFERING, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE ON DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION

08/10/2001
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SG/SM/7988
OBV/240


INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION AIMS TO LIMIT LOSSES AND SUFFERING,


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE ON DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION


Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Reduction, 10 October:

SG/SM/7987-ENV/DEV/599

IMPLEMENTATION OF DESERTIFICATION CONVENTION A FACTOR FOR STABILITY, ENSURING FOOD SECURITY, PREVENTING MIGRATORY FLOWS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

08/10/2001
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SG/SM/7987
ENV/DEV/599


IMPLEMENTATION OF DESERTIFICATION CONVENTION A FACTOR FOR STABILITY, ENSURING FOOD


SECURITY, PREVENTING MIGRATORY FLOWS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS


Following is the text of a message by the Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Geneva:

SG/SM/7986

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED AT LOSS OF UN HELICOPTER IN GEORGIA

08/10/2001
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SG/SM/7986


SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED AT LOSS OF UN HELICOPTER IN GEORGIA


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


The Secretary-General was shocked to learn today that a United Nations  helicopter carrying nine passengers and crew was reportedly shot down in the western part of the Kodori Valley in Georgia.