Secretary-General

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SG/SM/7504

SECRETARY-GENERAL VERY CONCERNED OVER DETENTION OF BRITISH OSCE MEMBERS AND CANADIAN CITIZENS BY YUGOSLAV ARMY IN MONTENEGRO

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

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SG/SM/7503
AFG/117

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER HUMANITARIAN IMPACT OF TALIBAN EDICT PROHIBITING AFGHAN WOMEN FROM WORKING WITH FOREIGN AGENCIES

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

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SG/SM/7502
AFR/259

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SHOULD BE USED TO TAP KNOWLEDGE FROM GREATEST UNIVERSITIES TO BRING LEARNING TO ALL, KOFI ANNAN SAYS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address today in Legon, Ghana, upon receiving an honourary degree from the University of Ghana:

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SG/SM/7501

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES OVERNIGHT MASSACRES IN KASHMIR; CALLS FOR MAXIMUM RESTRAINT TO PREVENT FURTHER ESCALATION

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

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SG/SM/7500
AFR/258

AFRICA NEEDS WELL-TRAINED, WELL-EQUIPPED PEACEKEEPERS TO MEET CRISES FACING CONTINENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks today at the commissioning and sod-cutting of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Teshie, Ghana:

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SG/A/740
BIO/3305

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS GERD D. MERREM AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN GUATEMALA, HEAD OF MINUGUA

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SG/A/739
HAB/164

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ANNA KAJUMULO TIBAIJUKA AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HABITAT

The Secretary-General today appointed Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka as the new Executive Director of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat). She will take up her new responsibilities at the Nairobi-based agency in the next three months.

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SG/SM/7499
ECOSOC/5930

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR ACTION TO ACCELERATE DEBT RELIEF FOR POOR COUNTRIES

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s closing statement today to the Economic and Social Council substantive session:

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SG/SM/7498

SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES CONCERN AT COLOMBIA KIDNAPPINGS, KILLINGS

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

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SG/SM/7497
ORG/1310

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UN SUCCESS HINGES ON ABILITY TO ATTRACT TALENTED AND MOTIVATED INDIVIDUALS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the International Civil Service Commission, which were delivered today in New York: