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SG/SM/7363
ECOSOC/5887

‘SHAMEFUL’ TO EXCLUDE PART OF HUMANITY FROM GLOBALIZATION’S BENEFITS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO HEADQUARTERS MEETING

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the special high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions on 18 April:

It gives me great pleasure to welcome our colleagues from the Bretton Woods institutions.

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PI/1237
SOC/4546

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS AT UN HEADQUARTERS 3-14 APRIL INDICATE WILLINGNESS TO ADDRESS GLOBALIZATION’S MOST COMPLEX ISSUES

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SC/6845

SPEAKERS CALL FOR CLEARER DEFINITION, TIGHTER TARGETING OF UN SANCTIONS AS COUNCIL DRAWS ON ‘LESSONS LEARNED’ TO REFINE SANCTIONS REGIMES

Concerned by Impact on Innocent Populations, Vulnerable Third Countries, Members Stress Sanctions’ Role as Behaviour-Changer, Not Primitive Tool

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SOC/CP/227

SPEAKERS ADDRESS TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY CHALLENGES AT UN CRIME CONGRESS’ HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

VIENNA, 15 April -- The Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders held the third meeting of its high-level segment devoted to international cooperation in combating transnational crime this morning.

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SG/SM/7362

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES FOLLOWING EXPLOSIONS AT KINSHASA AIRPORT

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

On 14 April, a series of large explosions occurred at Ndjili airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in a high number of casualties and major devastation of the airport facilities.

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SG/SM/7360

SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWS LESSONS LEARNED DURING ‘SANCTIONS DECADE’ IN REMARKS TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE ACADEMY SEMINAR

Following are the opening remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Peace Academy Seminar on Sanctions, in New York on 17 April:

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SOC/CP/228

HIGH PRIORITY TO BE ACCORDED TO COMPLETION OF WORK ON UN CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME, DECLARES CRIME CONGRESS

Adopts Declaration Committing States to Develop More Effective Means against Terrorism, Corruption, Money Laundering, Computer-Related Crime, Trafficking in Persons, Illegal Firearms

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

The Secretary-General arrived in Havana, Cuba, in the evening of Monday, 10 April, where he was warmly greeted by Cuban President Fidel Castro.

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SG/SM/7361

ISRAEL FORMALLY NOTIFIES SECRETARY-GENERAL OF DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM LEBANON BY JULY

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

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SOC/CP/229

UNITED NATIONS CRIME CONGRESS CONCLUDES IN VIENNA BY ADOPTING ITS REPORT

Hears Final Statements By Congress President and Congress Secretary-General

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)