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SG/SM/9512
30/09/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9512

secREtary-general, addressing group of 77 ministers, hails body’s


continuing role in face of stubborn challenges

 


He Calls for Global Partnership for Development

In Common Objective of Achieving Millennium Development Goals


Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the twenty-eighth annual meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77, as delivered in New York, today, 30 September:

SG/SM/9506
29/09/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9506

Secretary-General, in message to Non-Aligned MINISTERS, says movement’s mission


remains greatly relevant despite end of cold war, colonial distortions


He Points Out Emerging New Threats of AIDS,

Environmental Degradation, Terrorism, Weapons Proliferation


Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the Annual Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Non-Aligned Movement in New York today, 29 September 2004:

SG/SM/9505-IK/462
28/09/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9505
IK/462

Secretary-General welcomes release of civilian hostages in Iraq


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


The Secretary-General welcomes the news of the release of the Iraqi, Egyptian and Italian civilian hostages today in Iraq.

SG/SM/9504-AFR/1037-UNITAR/702
28/09/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9504
AFR/1037
UNITAR/702

Secretary-General’s message to memorial for ex-UNITAR chief


The following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to a memorial ceremony in honour of Chief Simeon Ola Adebo in Lagos today, 28 September 2004, as delivered by Marcel Boisard, Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR):