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SG/SM/6362

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ACTION TO REDUCE GLOBAL HUNGER BY HALF BY 2015, IN WORLD FOOD DAY MESSAGE

16 October 1997


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OBV/15


SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ACTION TO REDUCE GLOBAL HUNGER BY HALF BY 2015, IN WORLD FOOD DAY MESSAGE

19971016 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World Food Day (16 October), to be delivered at a special ceremony at United Nations Headquarters on 21 October:

World Food Day once again serves to remind us that something so basic remains so distant for so many.

SG/SM/6361

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED AT REPORTS OF INCREASED TENSION BETWEEN GREEK, TURKISH FORCES

16 October 1997


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SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED AT REPORTS OF INCREASED TENSION BETWEEN GREEK, TURKISH FORCES

19971016 Cites Military Exercises in Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean; Calls on Parties to Create Climate for Reconciliation, Confidence

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

SG/SM/6360

SOME ENJOY UNIMAGINED WEALTH, OTHERS STILL ENDURE INTOLERABLE DEPRIVATION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, OBSERVING DAY FOR POVERTY ERADICATION

15 October 1997


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SG/SM/6360
OBV/14


SOME ENJOY UNIMAGINED WEALTH, OTHERS STILL ENDURE INTOLERABLE DEPRIVATION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, OBSERVING DAY FOR POVERTY ERADICATION

19971015 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed on 17 October 1997.

SG/SM/6359

AS GUIDE TO FUTURE, HISTORY MUST BE SEEN THROUGH 'MORAL PRISM', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO BENEFIT DINNER IN NEW YORK

15 October 1997


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AS GUIDE TO FUTURE, HISTORY MUST BE SEEN THROUGH 'MORAL PRISM', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO BENEFIT DINNER IN NEW YORK

19971015 Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fourth annual benefit dinner, hosted by Lehman Brothers, for the Facing History and Ourselves programme, delivered in New York on 14 October.

SG/SM/6358

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPALLED BY BOMB ATTACK IN SRI LANKA

15 October 1997


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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPALLED BY BOMB ATTACK IN SRI LANKA

19971015 Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is appalled by the news of the bomb attack in Colombo, Sri Lanka, this morning and the resulting loss of life and destruction of property.