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SG/T/2211
2 December 1999


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SG/T/2211


ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SEATTLE, 29 NOVEMBER - 1 DECEMBER 1999

19991202

The Secretary-General travelled to Seattle, Washington, on Monday evening, 29 November, to address, the following morning, the opening session of the ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

SG/SM/7245
1 December 1999


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SG/SM/7245


SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES UNITED STATES TO REJECT ISOLATIONISM, RECOGNIZE ITS INTERESTS OFTEN MATCH THOSE OF UNITED NATIONS

19991201

Seattle Speech Lauds Historic American Leadership, Instinctive Humanitarianism; Notes Demonstrated Public Support for World Body

This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday (30 November) at an event sponsored by the Rotary Club of Seattle, Washington:

SG/SM/7244
1 December 1999


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SG/SM/7244
AFR/194


SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES PRESTIGE AND AUTHORITY OF NELSON MANDELA WILL LEAD TO REINVIGORATION OF BURUNDI PEACE PROCESS

19991201

Designation as Mediator, After Death of Julius Nyerere, Is Welcomed; Urgent Need for Negotiated Settlement Stressed

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

SG/SM/7239
29 November 1999


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SG/SM/7239
OBV/126


SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, SAYS ‘LET US DARE TO HOPE’ FOR MIDDLE EAST IN NEW CENTURY

19991129

This is the text of remarks today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, during the annual observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People: