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SG/SM/6670
10 August 1998


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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 DELIVERY

Following 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:

SG/SM/6669
7 August 1998


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SG/SM/6669
SOC/4460


'ACT ON YOUR IDEALS' SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES YOUNG PEOPLE AT WORLD YOUTH FORUM

19980807 Problems without Passports Need Blueprints without Borders

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered today at the Third World Youth Forum of the United Nations System, in Braga, Portugal:

SG/A/684
7 August 1998


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SG/A/684
BIO/3174


ISSA B. Y. DIALLO OF GUINEA APPOINTED SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ANGOLA

19980807 Biographical Note

Issa B.Y. Diallo, presently Director of the Division of Conference Services at the United Nations Office at Geneva, was today appointed as the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Angola.

SG/SM/6666
5 August 1998


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SG/SM/6666


FOREIGN MINISTERS OF INDONESIA AND PORTUGAL CONCLUDE TWO-DAY MEETING ON EAST TIMOR QUESTION

19980805 Meetings, Held at United Nations Headquarters, "Took Place in an Open, Cordial, Constructive Atmosphere", Communique States

The following communique was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

SG/SM/6665
5 August 1998


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SG/SM/6665


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES HUMAN RIGHTS OF WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

19980805 On Occasion of International Day, Kofi Annan Recalls Distinctive Ways of Life of Indigenous People, Their Contribution to Culture Worldwide

SG/SM/6662
4 August 1998


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SG/SM/6662


SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN LUNCHEON TOAST, THANKS PETER USTINOV FOR 'MAGNIFICENT WORK' ON BEHALF OF UNITED NATIONS

19980804 'There Can Be no Better Friend of the United Nations, And no Finer Exponent of the Values it Stands for', Kofi Annan States

Following is the text of a toast given by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a luncheon in honour of Sir Peter Ustinov, in New York today: