United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Luanda on Sunday evening, 25 August, for a two-day official visit to Angola.

PARTNERSHIPS, FINANCE, SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION PATTERNS,

AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED, AS JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT CONTINUES

Fourth Partnership Plenary Focuses on 'Cross-Sectoral' Issues

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AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES, MARKET ACCESS, SUPPORT FOR SMALL FARMERS

AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED AT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT

Holds Partnership Plenary on Agricultural Productivity

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Background Release

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TO MEET

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS, 5 - 23 AUGUST

Committee to Consider Reports of Canada, Senegal, Armenia,

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONFIDENT THAT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS PREPARED

TO ASSIST ANGOLA IN OVERCOMING COMPLEX CHALLENGES

Following is the text of a toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a State banquet hosted by President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos of Angola in Luanda today:

At the end of his holiday in Ghana, the Secretary-General accepted a long-standing invitation to meet in Côte d’Ivoire with that country’s President Laurent Gbagbo.

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SOCIETY OF WEALTHY ISLANDS SURROUNDED BY SEA OF POVERTY UNSUSTAINABLE,

SAYS SOUTH AFRICA'S PRESIDENT, OPENING JOHANNESBURG WORLD SUMMIT

UNEP Executive Director, Summit Secretary-General Also Speak;

Summit Plenary Focuses on Health, in First of Partnership Sessions

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WORLD'S FUTURE COULD BE IRREPARABLY UNDERMINED WITHOUT IMMEDIATE ACTION

ON OVERUSE OF RESOURCES, JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT TOLD

Partnership Plenary Examines Biodiversity/Ecosystem Management

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On Friday, 16 August, while on holiday in his native Ghana, Secretary-General Kofi Annan was awarded the traditional honorary title of “Busumuru” by the Ashanti people in his birthplace of Kumasi.