Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the awards ceremony for the Race against Poverty, in New York yesterday, 8 September:
Queen Noor Al Hussein of Jordan and Nobel Laureate and Former President of Costa Rica Oscar Arias to Speak
The humanitarian community faces a major challenge today from the increase in the number of natural disasters, and by a recent upsurge in armed conflict, according to Secretary-General Kofi Annan in his 1999 report on the work of the Organization, which is being released today.
The following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on East Timor, which was issued on Monday, 6 September:
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(Reissued as received.)
The Secretary-General travelled to Canada in the afternoon of Thursday, 2 September to Canada, where he attended the Eighth Francophonie Summit, which took place in Moncton, New Brunswick.
The following statement was issued on Saturday, 4 September, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
