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SG/SM/8267
12/06/02
Press Release
SG/SM/8267


SPREAD OF TERRORISM THREAT TO VERY FOUNDATIONS OF UNITED NATIONS


SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO LISBON ANTI-TERRORISM MEETING


Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Danilo Turk, to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) High-level Conference on Preventing and Combating Terrorism in Lisbon, Portugal, on 12 June:

AFR/418-PI/1424
11/06/2002
Press Release
AFR/418
PI/1424


SUPPORT AFRICA’S OWN DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE,

INDEPENDENT PANEL ADVISES UNITED NATIONS


NEW YORK, 11 June -– After surveying another decade of “poor economic performance” in Africa, an independent panel today called on the United Nations to throw its weight behind African leaders’ new home-grown strategy, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).