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SG/SM/6369
22 October 1997


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SG/SM/6369
GA/AB/3175


SECRETARY-GENERAL, PRESENTING FIRST BUDGET PROPOSAL, REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO TRANSFORM ORGANIZATION INTO DYNAMIC INSTRUMENT

19971022 Members Must Provide Assured Political and Financial Support

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement in presenting his 1998-1999 budget proposal to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon:

SG/T/2110
21 October 1997


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SG/T/2110


SECRETARY-GENERAL VISITS ASPEN, COLORADO AND CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 18 - 21 OCTOBER

19971021 (Received from the Spokesman travelling with the Secretary-General.)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan attended the Ninth Aspen Institute Communications Conference in Aspen, Colorado over the weekend of 18-19 October.

SG/SM/6365
20 October 1997


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SG/SM/6365


SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CHICAGO AUDIENCE UNITED NATIONS HAS KEY ROLE IN EVOLUTION OF GLOBAL TRADING SYSTEM

19971020 Speech Notes Technological Advances, Calls for More Investment In Poorer Countries, Pledges Continued Reform of World Organization

This is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today to the World Trade Centre in Chicago:

SG/SM/6362
16 October 1997


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SG/SM/6362
OBV/15


SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ACTION TO REDUCE GLOBAL HUNGER BY HALF BY 2015, IN WORLD FOOD DAY MESSAGE

19971016 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World Food Day (16 October), to be delivered at a special ceremony at United Nations Headquarters on 21 October:

World Food Day once again serves to remind us that something so basic remains so distant for so many.

SG/SM/6361
16 October 1997


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SG/SM/6361


SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED AT REPORTS OF INCREASED TENSION BETWEEN GREEK, TURKISH FORCES

19971016 Cites Military Exercises in Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean; Calls on Parties to Create Climate for Reconciliation, Confidence

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan: