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UNIVERSAL VALUES - PEACE, FREEDOM, SOCIAL PROGRESS, EQUAL RIGHTS, HUMAN DIGNITY – ACUTELY NEEDED, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT TUBINGEN UNIVERSITY, GERMANY

Following is the text of the lecture by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Global Ethics, entitled “Do We Still Have Universal Values?”, delivered today at Tübingen University, Germany:  

Let me start by thanking Professor Küng –- not only for that very kind introduction, but also for inviting me here to give this lecture.  I was deeply touched when, eighteen months ago in Berlin, he handed me a note asking me to do this as a birthday gift for him, at any time after his 75th birthday on 19 March 2003.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES GRATITUDE FOR GERMAN SUPPORT OF GLOBAL COMPACT; CALLS ON BUSINESS, NGOS, GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE STAND FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

12/12/2003
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SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES GRATITUDE FOR GERMAN SUPPORT OF GLOBAL COMPACT; CALLS


ON BUSINESS, NGOS, GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE STAND FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION


Following is the text of the toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Global Compact dinner hosted by German Chancellor Schroeder in Berlin on

11 December:

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REAL PROGRESS DEALING WITH CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE URGENTLY NEEDED, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO MEETING OF STATES PARTIES

10/12/2003
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REAL PROGRESS DEALING WITH CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE URGENTLY NEEDED,


SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO MEETING OF STATES PARTIES


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, delivered by J. A. Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, in Milan, 10 December:

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‘BUILDING AN OPEN, EMPOWERING INFORMATION SOCIETY IS A SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ULTIMATELY POLITICAL CHALLENGE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT WORLD SUMMIT

10/12/2003
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‘BUILDING AN OPEN, EMPOWERING INFORMATION SOCIETY IS A SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND


ULTIMATELY POLITICAL CHALLENGE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT WORLD SUMMIT


Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva today:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES COMMUNICATION WILL ‘BUILD BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING’, IN MESSAGE TO STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN WORLD SUMMIT EVENT

10/12/2003
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SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES COMMUNICATION WILL ‘BUILD BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING’,


IN MESSAGE TO STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN WORLD SUMMIT EVENT


Following is the text of the message sent today from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to students participating in the World Summit Event for Schools:

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IN MESSAGE TO WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SUMMIT, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR STRENGTHENING COOPERATION BETWEEN COUNTRIES IN REGION

10/12/2003
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IN MESSAGE TO WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SUMMIT, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS


FOR STRENGTHENING COOPERATION BETWEEN COUNTRIES IN REGION


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the first Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Western Mediterranean cooperation partner countries, held in Tunis on 5 and 6 December 2003, delivered by Ariel Français, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Tunisia (translated from French):

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ROSS MOUNTAIN NAMED ACTING SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR IRAQ

10/12/2003
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Biographical Note


ROSS MOUNTAIN NAMED ACTING SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR IRAQ


      Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named Ross Mountain as his acting Special Representative for Iraq.