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MARKING INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES

NATIONS TO ‘REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS CAUSE’

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY, APPLAUDS VITAL

CONTRIBUTION OF VOLUNTEERS IN GLOBAL SOCIETY-BULDING

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of International Volunteer Day, 5 December:

‘SOLUTION TO AFGHAN CRISIS MUST COME FROM WOMEN AND MEN OF AFGHANISTAN ITSELF',

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN WASHINGTON ADDRESS

Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the National Democratic Institute in Washington, D.C., on 28 November:

‘MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY OFFERS WAY TO PURSUE NATIONAL INTEREST

WHILE MAKING COMMON CAUSE WITH OTHERS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the American Academy of Diplomacy upon receiving the Academy’s “Excellence in Diplomacy” Award in Washington, D.C., on 28 November:

‘FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF MITCHELL RECOMMENDATIONS OFFERS BEST ROUTE TO PEACEFUL

SOLUTION’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE ON PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY DAY

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 November:

‘INTOLERANCE IS TAUGHT AND CAN BE UNTAUGHT’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN MESSAGE TO INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on receiving the Stephen P. Duggan award for international understanding from the Institute for International Education in New York on 27 November:

`YOU MUST PLACE THE INTERESTS OF YOUR PEOPLE FIRST’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS BONN MEETING OF AFGHAN LEADERS

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting of Afghan leaders in Bonn today:

ADDRESSING RWANDA CONFERENCE OF GENOCIDE SURVIVORS, SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES

‘THOSE WHO LIVE ON TO REMEMBER AND REBUILD’

LAUNCHING 2002 CONSOLIDATED APPEALS, SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS HELP

FOR 33 MILLION ‘IN DESPERATE NEED’

Following is the text of today’s address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to launch the 2002 Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals:

It is a pleasure to be with you today to launch the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals for the year 2002.  We are making these appeals on behalf of people who are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance and protection.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY CONCERNED’ AT RENEWAL OF VIOLENCE IN NEPAL

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