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SG/SM/7553

COLLECTIVE EFFORTS CAN RESOLVE UNDERDEVELOPMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s speech to the Tenth Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Least Developed Countries:

This ministerial meeting is both timely and crucial.

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SG/SM/7551
IAEA/1344

ADDRESSING 44TH GENERAL CONFERENCE OF IAEA, SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWS PAST SUCCESSES, FUTURE RISKS IN NUCLEAR FIELD

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the forty-fourth International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference, delivered by Steinar B. Bjornsson, Director, Division of Administrative and Common Services, United Nations Office at Vienna, on Monday, 18 September:

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SG/SM/7550
AFR/270

KOFI ANNAN URGES ALL PARTIES IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO TO CEASE HOSTILITIES TODAY SO POLIO VACCINATIONS CAN BE CARRIED OUT

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

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SG/SM/7552
AFG/121

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘SIX PLUS TWO’ GROUP REMAINS ESSENTIAL FORUM FOR SOLUTION OF AFGHAN QUESTION

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement today at Headquarters to the “Six plus Two” meeting on Afghanistan:

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SG/SM/7549

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING MINISTERS FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GROUP OF 77, SAYS GROUP’S SUPPORT INDISPENSABLE TO UN

Following is the text of the Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the 24th annual meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the “Group of 77” developing countries, delivered today:

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SG/SM/7548

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES CALL FOR MYANMAR TO ENGAGE IN SUBSTANTIVE POLITICAL DIALOGUE WITH OPPOSITION LEADERS

The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

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SG/SM/7547

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REMARKS ON PRESENTATION OF GIFT FROM JAPAN

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at Headquarters today on the presentation of a gift -- The Peace Bell Garden -- from Japan:

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SG/SM/7544/Rev.1*

AS GENERAL DEBATE BEGINS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MEMBER STATES: ‘KEY DECISIONS LIE IN YOUR HANDS’

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered today at the opening of the general debate of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly:

“The tumult and the shouting dies down –- The captains and the kings depart -– ”

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SG/SM/7546

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES EQUAL STATUS OF PARTIES IN CYPRUS PROXIMITY TALKS

Following is the text of the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, read today to the participants in the Cyprus proximity talks, Glafcos Clerides and Rauf Denktash:

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SG/SM/7545/Rev.1

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN AT TENSION, CLASHES ON GUINEA-LIBERIA, GUINEA-SIERRA LEONE BORDERS

The following statement was issued yesterday, 11 September, by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: