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SG/SM/6670
SOC/4464
'A SOCIETY THAT CUTS ITSELF OFF FROM ITS YOUTH SEVERS ITS LIFELINE', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MINISTERS FOR YOUTH WORLD CONFERENCE
19980810 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERYFollowing is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement to the opening of the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth, in Lisbon, on 8 August: