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SG/SM/7687-DCF/405
23/01/2001
Press Release
SG/SM/7687
DCF/405


SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR FIRM AND CONCERTED ACTION AT CONFERENCE


ON DISARMAMENT TO OVERCOME LAST SESSION’S STALEMATE


Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.  The message was delivered at the Conference, opening today, on the Secretary-General’s behalf, by Vladimir Petrovsky, Director-General of the United Nations in Geneva:

SG/SM/7686
23/01/2001
Press Release
SG/SM/7686


SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON GOVERNMENTS TO DO THEIR PART


IN BRIDGING DIGITAL DIVIDE


Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seminar in Kothmale, Sri Lanka, on the digital divide.  The message was delivered on the Secretary-General’s behalf on Sunday by Stella Hughes of UNESCO:

SG/SM/7683-AFR/297
18/01/2001
Press Release
SG/SM/7683
AFR/297


SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT, SAYS

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT NOT A LOST CAUSE


Focuses on Need for Improved Governance,

Education, as well as Debt Relief and Market Access


This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Yaoundé, Cameroon, today to the Africa-France Summit: