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SG/SM/9493-SC/8194
22/09/2004
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SG/SM/9493
SC/8194

Building durable peace in war-torn societies requires long-term commitment,


more resources, says Secretary-General in Security Council remarks


Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the Security Council debate on civilian aspects of conflict management and peace-building in New York, 22 September:

SG/SM/9492
21/09/2004
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SG/SM/9492

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION MAKES UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION


IN VITAL AREAS OF HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS


(Delayed in transmission.)


Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the twenty-seventh General Assembly of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), delivered in Geneva by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva, on 15 September:

SG/SM/9490
21/09/2004
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SG/SM/9490

Call of peace bell ‘has remained constant, clear and true’,

 

says Secretary-General at annual Headquarters ceremony

 


Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks on ringing the Peace Bell in New York, 21 September:


Good morning, and thank you all for coming.  Let me say a special welcome to our friends from Japan, as well as the Messengers of Peace and the young people who have joined us today.

SG/SM/9489
20/09/2004
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SG/SM/9489

international community now ‘falling short’ in achieving anti-poverty goals,


says Secretary-General to Headquarters meeting of world leaders


Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the World Leaders’ Meeting on Action against Hunger and Poverty in New York, 20 September:

SG/SM/9488-HQ/633
20/09/2004
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SG/SM/9488
HQ/633

RENOVATED FACILITY ILLUSTRATION OF SWITZERLAND TODAY -– STYLE, QUALITY, FUNCTION


IN PERFECT HARMONY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT INAUGURATION OF GA-200


Following are the remarks delivered today at Headquarters by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the inauguration of the renovated GA-200, presented by the Government of Switzerland:

SG/SM/9486-IAEA1361
20/09/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9486
IAEA1361

IAEA’S ROLE IN MAINTENANCE OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY IS AS VITAL AS EVER,


SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS AGENCY’S GENERAL CONFERENCE


Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the forty-eighth General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, as delivered today by Nobuyasu Abe, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs:

SG/SM/9485-ECO/72
20/09/2004
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SG/SM/9485
ECO/72

Secretary-General stresses key role of private sector in development,


in message to World Industrial, Commercial Summit in Beijing

 


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the summit of the World Industrial and Commercial Organization, delivered in Beijing on 19 September by Kim Hak-Su, Executive-Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP):