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SG/A/729
4 April 2000


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SG/A/729


SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS RAZALI ISMAIL SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MYANMAR

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The Secretary-General has appointed Razali Ismail as his Special Envoy for Myanmar. The Secretary-General hopes that Mr. Razali will be able to visit Myanmar shortly to carry out the Secretary-General’s good offices efforts to facilitate the implementation of General Assembly resolution 54/186.

SG/SM/7345
3 April 2000


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SG/SM/7345


SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO OPENING OF ‘VISAS FOR LIFE’ EXHIBIT, SAYS COURAGEOUS PEOPLE HONOURED ARE ‘MODELS FOR OUR TIME’

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Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening of the exhibition “Visas for Life: The Righteous Diplomats”, delivered on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations Gillian Sorensen, at Headquarters on 3 April:

SG/SM/7344
3 April 2000


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SG/SM/7344


SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED BY ILLNESS OF JAPAN’S PRIME MINISTER

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

The Secretary-General expressed deep concern over reports about the sudden illness suffered by Keizo Obuchi, Prime Minister of Japan. The Secretary- General expressed his hope and good wishes for Mr. Obuchi’s speedy recovery.

SG/SM/7343
3 April 2000


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SG/SM/7343
GA/9705


ADDRESSING INEQUITIES OF GLOBALIZATION ‘OVERARCHING CHALLENGE’ OF TIMES SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, PRESENTING MILLENNIUM REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly as he presented his Millennium Report, “We the Peoples: The Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century”, on 3 April:

SG/SM/7339
27 March 2000


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SG/SM/7339
PKO/87


ADDRESSING SHIRBRIG MEETING, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST REMAIN VIGILANT AND MAINTAIN PREPAREDNESS

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Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address, “Peacekeeping in the Twenty-first Century”, to the Standby High Readiness Brigade Ministerial Meeting, which was held at Rockefeller Center in New York this morning: