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SG/SM/7449

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS INCREASING INTERDEPENDENCE OF NATIONS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER CAUSE OF UNDERSTANDING, TOLERANCE AND PEACE

13 June 2000


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SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS INCREASING INTERDEPENDENCE OF NATIONS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER CAUSE OF UNDERSTANDING, TOLERANCE AND PEACE

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Following is the text of the welcoming remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Abdurrahman Wahid, President of Indonesia, which were delivered today at Headquarters by Giandomenico Picco, Personal Representative of the Secretary- General for the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations:

SG/SM/7447

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES INDIGNATION, SHOCK AT CONTINUED FIGHTING IN KISANGANI

10 June 2000


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SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES INDIGNATION, SHOCK AT CONTINUED FIGHTING IN KISANGANI

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The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was issued by his Spokesman on Saturday, 10 June:

I wish to express my deep indignation and shock that fighting in Kisangani is continuing, with the loss of an estimated 100 civilian lives, including schoolchildren, and more than 1,000 casualties.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON STANFORD CLASS OF 2000 TO CHOOSE LIFE OF ACTIVISM AND ENGAGEMENT IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS

9 June 2000


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SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON STANFORD CLASS OF 2000 TO CHOOSE LIFE OF ACTIVISM AND ENGAGEMENT IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS

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Kofi Annan Says 'The World Needs You To Take the Lead in Safeguarding the Global Environment’

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s commencement address at Stanford University, which will be delivered on 11 June in Stanford, California: