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SG/SM/9068-PI/1528
09/12/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/9068
PI/1528


OPEN, INCLUSIVE INFORMATION SOCIETY THAT EMPOWERS ALL PEOPLE


SHOULD BE GENEVA SUMMIT LEGACY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL


Following are Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s remarks at the official welcome ceremony for the World Summit on the Information Society, hosted by Pascal Couchepin, President of Switzerland, in Geneva, 9 December:

SG/SM/9066
09/12/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/9066


SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY TERROR ATTACK IN MOSCOW


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

SG/SM/9062-PI/1525
09/12/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/9062
PI/1525

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GOAL IS ‘INFORMATION SOCIETY –- OPEN AND INCLUSIVE -– IN WHICH KNOWLEDGE EMPOWERS


ALL PEOPLE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT WORLD ELECTRONIC MEDIA FORUM


Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan at the opening ceremony of the World Electronic Media Forum in Geneva today: