Following is the text of a keynote address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered on 11 September to the Ministerial Meeting on the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which was opened by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Jan Kavan:]
Speakers Urge All Countries to Adhere to the Convention
(Reissued as received.)
The following statement was issued yesterday, 11 September, by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Globalization, the situation of Africa and development-related issues were among the topics discussed this afternoon as the fifty-fifth regular session of the General Assembly continued its general debate.
Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered today at the opening of the general debate of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly:
"The tumult and the shouting dies down - "The captains and the kings depart --"
- 2 - Press Release GA/SM/196 11 September 2000
CORRECTION
On page 11 of Press Release GA/9755 issued 7 September, the fourth paragraph should read as follows:
Following are the remarks delivered today at the annual prayer service at New Yorks Holy Family Church by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
It is a pleasure to join you again for this annual prayer service.
- 2 - Press Release GA/SM/197 11 September 2000
