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SG/SM/7164
11 October 1999


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SG/SM/7164


SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION EXHIBITION AND FORUM

19991011

Following is the text of the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Telecom '99, The Eighth World Telecommunication Exhibition and Forum, at Geneva on 9 October:

SG/2061
11 October 1999


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SG/2061


SECRETARY-GENERAL TO WELCOME 6 BILLIONTH WORLD CITIZEN

19991011

Secretary-General Kofi Annan will welcome “Baby 6 billion” on 12 October, the day the United Nations has chosen, based on expert projections, to mark this unprecedented population milestone. At a ceremony in Sarajevo's Kosovo Hospital, the Secretary-General will greet a newborn baby symbolically designated as the 6 billionth world citizen.

SG/SM/7160
5 October 1999


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SG/SM/7160
GA/AB/3311


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR UNITY OF PURPOSE, COHERENT EFFORT, AND GREATER AGILITY, IN ADDRESS TO FIFTH COMMITTEE

19991005

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today, 5 October, as the Committee considered improving the financial situation of the United Nations: