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SG/SM/7072

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS FIRST WINNERS OF UN VIENNA CIVIL SOCIETY AWARD FOR EFFORTS AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND CRIME

20 July 1999


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SG/SM/7072
SOC/NAR/809


SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS FIRST WINNERS OF UN VIENNA CIVIL SOCIETY AWARD FOR EFFORTS AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND CRIME

19990720

Expanded Role for World Organization on Global 'Scourge' Is Emphasized

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday evening (19 July) in Vienna on the occasion of the United Nations Vienna Civil Society Award Ceremony:

SG/SM/7070

SECRETARY-GENERAL RECEIVES JAN MASARYK COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 'PRO AMICITIA INTER NACIONES' IN PRAGUE

16 July 1999


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SG/SM/7070


SECRETARY-GENERAL RECEIVES JAN MASARYK COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 'PRO AMICITIA INTER NACIONES' IN PRAGUE

19990716 Kofi Annan Says Masaryk Was Shining Example of True Internationalism In Age When Others Misused that Word to Suppress Freedom of Small Nations

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address on receiving the Jan Masaryk commemorative medal "Pro Amicitia Inter Naciones". in Prague today:

SG/2057

UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO PRESENT VIENNA CIVIL SOCIETY AWARD ON 19 JULY

14 July 1999


Press Release
SG/2057
SOC/NAR/808


UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO PRESENT VIENNA CIVIL SOCIETY AWARD ON 19 JULY

19990714 (Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 14 July (UN Information Service) -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan will be presenting the first Vienna Civil Society Award, which honours individuals or groups for outstanding work in fighting global crime and drug abuse, to four international winners at a Vienna ceremony on Monday, 19 July.