Statements and Messages

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SG/SM/7369

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES WORLD EDUCATION FORUM ON THEME OF ‘BUILDING A PARTNERSHIP FOR GIRLS’ EDUCATION’

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Education Forum, delivered in Dakar, Senegal, on 26 April:

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SG/SM/7368

SPECIAL ENVOY OF SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT MIDDLE EAST, 27 APRIL-9 MAY

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

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SG/SM/7367

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES MEMBER STATES TO REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO REDUCE DANGERS OF EXISTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS, FURTHER PROLIFERATION

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons:

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SG/SM/7366
DC/2693

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY GRATIFIED BY RUSSIAN FEDERATION’S RATIFICATION OF NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 21 April:

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SG/SM/7365
AFR/220

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT LAUNCH OF INITIATIVE TO STRENGTHEN AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES, SAYS EDUCATION SUREST INVESTMENT IN CURRENT ‘GLOBALIZING’ AGE

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to launch the Partnership to Strengthen African Universities at the Carnegie Corporation in New York on 24 April:

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SG/SM/7364
SC/6848

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING SECURITY COUNCIL ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN CONFLICT, REVIEWS PAST PROGRESS, RECOMMENDS FUTURE APPROACHES

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict:

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SG/SM/7363
ECOSOC/5887

‘SHAMEFUL’ TO EXCLUDE PART OF HUMANITY FROM GLOBALIZATION’S BENEFITS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO HEADQUARTERS MEETING

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the special high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions on 18 April:

It gives me great pleasure to welcome our colleagues from the Bretton Woods institutions.

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SG/SM/7362

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES FOLLOWING EXPLOSIONS AT KINSHASA AIRPORT

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

On 14 April, a series of large explosions occurred at Ndjili airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in a high number of casualties and major devastation of the airport facilities.

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SG/SM/7361

ISRAEL FORMALLY NOTIFIES SECRETARY-GENERAL OF DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM LEBANON BY JULY

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7360

SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWS LESSONS LEARNED DURING ‘SANCTIONS DECADE’ IN REMARKS TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE ACADEMY SEMINAR

Following are the opening remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Peace Academy Seminar on Sanctions, in New York on 17 April: