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SG/SM/8766
30/06/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8766


IBN KHALDUN CENTRE HAS KEY ROLE IN ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE, DEVELOPMENT

IN EGYPT, ARAB WORLD, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL


Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ceremony marking the re-opening of the Ibn Khaldun Centre for Development Studies, delivered by Chris Czerwinski, Representative of the World Food Programme and United Nations Resident Coordinator (a.i.) in Egypt, in Cairo today:

SG/SM/8759-ECO/31
23/06/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8759
ECO/31


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS WORLD AT CROSSROADS BETWEEN HORRORS,

HOPE OF 20TH CENTURY, IN ADDRESS TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the closing plenary of the World Economic Forum, entitled “Visions for a Shared Future”, delivered on the shores of the Dead Sea, Jordan, 23 June:


At this place and this time we must feel ourselves at a crossroads of history.