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SG/SM/7229

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED THAT UNITED STATES CONGRESS HAS ACTED POSITIVELY ON ISSUE OF ARREARS

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SG/SM/7228
OBV/124

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TELEVISION CAN HELP WORLD TO BETTER UNDERSTAND UNITED NATIONS

Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the occasion of World Television Day, to be observed on 21 November:

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SG/SM/7227

SECRETARY-GENERAL SPEAKS TO SPECIAL ENVOY, SADAKO OGATA, ABOUT HER TRIP TO MOSCOW, NORTHERN CAUCASUS

The following statement was issued today in Istanbul by the spokesman travelling with Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

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SG/A/713

OLUYEMI ADENIJI APPOINTED SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SIERRA LEONE

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

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SG/T/2208

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN CHINA 14-17 NOVEMBER

The Secretary-General spent the weekend of 13-14 November in Kyoto, Japan, and departed from there to China on Sunday evening.

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SG/SM/7226
AFG/110

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS DESTRUCTION OF UN PROPERTY IN AFGHANISTAN

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 15 November:

The Secretary-General is distressed about the attacks against United Nations offices in Afghanistan. He condemns the destruction of United Nations property in several locations in Afghanistan on 14 and 15 November.

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SG/SM/7225
PI/1201

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING UN TELEVISION FORUM, SAYS MEDIA ATTENTION HELPS FUND-RAISING FOR CRISIS VICTIMS IN ‘FARAWAY COUNTRIES’

Support Can ‘Dry Up’ with End of Prime-Time Exposure; Journalists Asked to ‘Stay with the Story’, beyond Initial Coverage

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SG/SM/7224

GLOBAL EFFORT NEEDED AGAINST TERRORISM, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL BUT RESPONSES MUST BE SOPHISTICATED, PROPORTIONAL

Address to OSCE Summit Calls Indiscriminate Action 'Immoral' Hurting the Innocent, Enabling Terrorists to Attract More Recruits

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SG/SM/7222

SECRETARY-GENERAL FLAGS PROGRESS, PROBLEMS, AS INTERNATIONAL LAW DECADE ENDS

Following is the message of Secretary General Kofi Annan delivered on his behalf by Under-Secretary-General Hans Corell, to mark the closing of the United Nations Decade of International Law delivered at Headquarters yesterday, 17 November:

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SG/SM/7223

SECRETARY-GENERAL INVOKES ‘DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS’ AT BEIJING SEMINAR

Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered in Beijing today to scholars at the opening of the seminar “The United Nations in the Twenty-first Century”, sponsored by the United Nations Association of China: