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SG/SM/8277-PI/1428
18/06/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8277
PI/1428


SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES GOODWILL AMBASSADORS


‘TO HELP US MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE’


Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at today’s meeting with Goodwill Ambassadors and Messengers of Peace:


Let me say how wonderful it is to see all of you in this room -- outstanding men and women from every region, from every faith, concerned about your fellow human being.

SG/SM/8273
17/06/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8273


SECRETARY-GENERAL CREDITS POLITICAL COMMITMENT OF TAJIK PARTIES,


INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, WITH FORGING PEACE IN TAJIKISTAN


Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Conference in commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the signing of the General Peace Agreement in Tajikistan, delivered on his behalf by Ivo Petrov, Representative of the Secretary-General for Tajikistan:

SG/SM/8271-GA/10028
17/06/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8271
GA/10028


DIGITAL DIVIDE STILL YAWNS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASSEMBLY SESSION


ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT


Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of the General Assembly plenary meeting on information and communication technologies for development, 17 June: