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PRESS STATEMENT ON BOUGAINVILLE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Bougainville by Security Council President John Negroponte (United States):

Members of the Security Council:

Heard a briefing from John Renninger, the Director of the Asia Pacific Division of the Department of Political Affairs on Bougainville, Papua New Guinea;

FLOODS AFFECTED OVER 17 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE

(Reissued as received.)

PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES ANNOUNCED AT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

SUMMIT IN JOHANNESBURG

Aim at Priority Issues -- Water, Energy,

Health, Agricultural Production, Biodiversity

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

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CITY DWELLERS REPRESENT THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

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SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION, WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT

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SECRETARY-GENERAL REAFFIRMS DETERMINATION OF UNITED NATIONS

TO HELP BOTSWANA FIGHT HIV/AIDS

Following is the text of a toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the State banquet hosted in his honour by His Excellency Festus G. Mogae, President of the Republic of Botswana, in Gaborone on 27 August:

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BOTSWANA’S SUCCESS DEMONSTRATES THAT AFRICA CAN OVERCOME PROBLEMS