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SG/SM/9645
13/12/2004
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REMARKS OF SPECIAL ADVISER AT ARAB FORUM DO NOT REFLECT

 

UN POLICY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPOKESMAN

 


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


The remarks attributed to the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser, Lakhdar Brahimi, made at the Arab Strategy Forum in Dubai today, do not reflect United Nations policy, nor that of the Secretary-General.

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13/12/2004
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SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL, STRESSES


CLOSE LINK BETWEEN MULTILATERAL TRADE, SECURITY FRAMEWORKS

 


He Calls for Changes to Closed-Door

Decision-Making in Barrier-Laden World Trading System


Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the National Foreign Trade Council in New York on Friday, 10 December 2004:

DSG/SM/241-HR/4804-OBV/462
10/12/2004
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HR/4804
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Deputy Secretary-General’s human rights day message to General Assembly


stresses need to remember persisting abuses worldwide

 


She Describes Occasion as Opportunity

For Rededication to Essential Strategy of Human Rights Education


Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s statement to the General Assembly on Human Rights Day, observed in New York today, 10 December:

GA/SM/348-HR/4803-OBV/461
10/12/2004
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HR/4803
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HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION CRITICAL PREREQUISITES FOR ACHIEVING PEACEFUL WORLD,


SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT AT HEADQUARTERS OBSERVANCE

 


Following is the statement by Jean Ping (Gabon), President of the General Assembly, at the opening of the plenary session commemorating the Decade of Human Rights Education in New York, 10 December: