Secretary-General: Press Release

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SG/SM/7200

SECRETARY-GENERAL DECIDES TO SEND UN HUMANITARIAN MISSION TO NORTHERN CAUCASUS OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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

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SG/SM/7199

SECRETARY-GENERAL LEARNS WITH DEEP SORROW OF ASSASSINATIONS IN ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT CHAMBER

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

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SG/SM/7198

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

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:

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SG/SM/7197
GA/AB/3323

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

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:

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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’

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:

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SG/SM/7195

HEADS OF PRINCIPAL CHARTER ORGANS HOLD SECOND ANNUAL MEETING

The following statement was issued today by the Office of Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

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SG/A/709/Rev.1*

OLIVER JACKMAN APPOINTED PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN BORDER CONTROVERSY BETWEEN GUYANA AND VENEZUELA

The Secretary-General has decided to appoint Oliver Jackman of Barbados as his Personal Representative on the Border Controversy between Guyana and Venezuela.

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SG/A/709

OLIVER JACKMAN APPOINTED PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN BORDER CONTROVERSY BETWEEN GUYANA AND VENEZUELA

The Secretary-General has decided to appoint Oliver Jackman of Barbados as his Personal Representative on the Border Controversy between Guyana and Venezuela.

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SG/SM/7194

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

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:

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SG/SM/7193
ENV/DEV/526

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF EARLY ACTION TO REACH GOALS SET OUT IN UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE