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SG/SM/7198
27 October 1999


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SG/SM/7198


COST-EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT, EFFICIENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, KEYS TO HEALTHY UN SYSTEM, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS OVERSIGHT BODIES

19991027

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the third tripartite meeting of the Board of Auditors, the Joint Inspection Unit and the Office of Internal Oversight Services in New York on 27 October:

SG/SM/7197
27 October 1999


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SG/SM/7197
GA/AB/3323


SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES $2,535 MILLION PROGRAMME BUDGET FOR 2000-2001 BIENNIUM

19991027

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address today to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) introducing the proposed United Nations programme budget for the biennium 2000-2001:

SG/SM/7196
27 October 1999


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SG/SM/7196
POP/743


ON POPULATION FUND ANNIVERSARY, KOFI ANNAN SAYS WORK WILL CONTINUE ON ISSUE WITH ‘INDIVIDUAL, NATIONAL AND GLOBAL REPERCUSSIONS’

19991027

Following are the remarks to the General Assembly of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which were delivered today on his behalf by UNFPA Executive Director Nafis Sadik:

SG/SM/7194
25 October 1999


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SG/SM/7194


PARLIAMENTARIANS VITAL PARTNER FOR BUILDING PEACE IN BROADEST SENSE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION MEMBERS

19991025

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to a meeting, organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), of Parliamentarians attending the fifty-fourth General Assembly, at Headquarters on 25 October:

SG/SM/7192
25 October 1999


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SG/SM/7192


SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT TRIBUTE HONOURING MEMORY OF JULIUS NYERERE, SAYS NYERERE'S LIFE MIRRORED FATE OF ENTIRE AFRICAN CONTINENT

19991025

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement at a tribute to the memory of Julius K. Nyerere, the founder and first President of the United Republic of Tanzania, who died on 14 October, delivered at Headquarters on 25 October:

SG/A/708
25 October 1999


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SG/A/708
PI/1192


CHRISTINE B. KOERNER APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRE IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE

19991025

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Christine B. Koerner, a national of Germany, as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Harare, Zimbabwe. She is expected to take up her duties on 1 November.