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SG/SM/7884-AFR/331
09/07/2001
Press Release
SG/SM/7884
AFR/331


SECRETARY-GENERAL EVOKES PROMISE INHERENT IN LAUNCH OF AFRICAN UNION


Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Summit meeting of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) at Lusaka, 9 July:

SG/SM/7883-OBV/225-POP/806
09/07/2001
Press Release
SG/SM/7883
OBV/225
POP/806


SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES INTEGRATED APPROACH TO SLOWING POPULATION GROWTH


Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World Population Day, 11 July:


The theme of this year's World Population Day, "Population, Development and the Environment", highlights the fragile relationship between our species and our planet.

SG/SM/7882
09/07/2001
Press Release
SG/SM/7882


SECRETARY-GENERAL RECALLS DAG HAMMMARSKJÖLD ON FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH


Following is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by K.Y. Amaoko, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa, at the launch of the Dag Hammarskjöld Living Library in Ndola, 7 July: