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SG/SM/9931-AFR/1193
14/06/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9931
AFR/1193

More than ever, Africa needs international support to end vicious cycle

 

of underdevelopment, Secretary-General tells PARIS ministerial meeting


Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Ministerial Meeting on the Follow-up to the Africa-France Summit in Paris, delivered today by Tuliameni Kalomoh, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs:

SG/SM/9929-ECO/89
14/06/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9929
ECO/89

Trade, investment, closer economic ties contribute to peace, security,

 

says Secretary-General in message to St. Petersburg economic forum


Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the ninth
St.Petersburg International Economic Forum, delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director General, United Nations Office at Geneva, in St. Petersburg, 14 June: