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SG/SM/8916
03/10/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8916


SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION ON INAUGURATION


OF NEW HEADQUARTERS -- ‘HOUSE OF PARLIAMENTS’


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office in Geneva, 3 October:

SG/SM/8912
01/10/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8912


WORLD’S PARLIAMENTARIANS ‘CAN DO MUCH’ TO ADVANCE UNITED NATIONS


REFORM AGENDA, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS IPU ASSEMBLY


Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 109th  Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, as delivered today in Geneva by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office in Geneva:

SG/SM/8909-OBV/377
30/09/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8909
OBV/377


BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES KEY TO REDUCING VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL HAZARDS,


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION


Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan for the International Day for Disaster Reduction, 8 October:


The theme of this year’s International Day for Disaster Reduction is “turning the tide on disasters towards sustainable development”.