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DCF/418
12/09/2002
Press Release
DCF/418


CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT, CONCLUDES 2002 SESSION


(Reissued as received.)


GENEVA, 12 September (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament today adopted its annual report and concluded its 2002 session after hearing statements welcoming the "Five Ambassadors" initiative to end the stalemate in the work of the Conference, marking the first anniversary of the

SG/SM/8378-GA/10045
12/09/2002
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SG/SM/8378
GA/10045


WHEN FORCE IS CONSIDERED, THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR LEGITIMACY PROVIDED


BY UNITED NATIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADDRESS


Following is the text, as delivered, of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly today:


We cannot begin today without reflecting on yesterday’s anniversary -– and on the criminal challenge so brutally thrown in our faces on 11 September 2001. 

SG/SM/8374-OBV/287
11/09/2002
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SG/SM/8374
OBV/287


SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CONTINUING VIGILANCE IN PROTECTING OZONE LAYER


Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, on 16 September:


Life started to develop significantly on our planet only after the ozone layer was in place in the stratosphere to filter out harmful levels of sunlight.  The battle to repair this life-sustaining system is far from over.