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SG/SM/7126

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR CULTURE OF PEACE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the occasion of the International Day of Peace, 14 September:

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PI/1170

UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM CONSORTIUM HOLDS FIRST MEETING

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library/Department of Public Information (DPI), as Lead Agency, will be hosting the first meeting of the United Nations System Consortium on 13-14 September.

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SG/SM/7124

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT HEADQUARTERS, 10 SEPTEMBER

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GA/9588
REC/78

JAPAN CALLS FOR STRONGER VOICE IN UN FOR ASIA-PACIFIC REGION AS ESCAP REGIONAL HEARING OPENS IN TOKYO

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SAG/54
WFP/1052

FOOD PRODUCTION IN KOSOVO DOWN BY 65 PER CENT; UN FOOD AGENCIES WARN OF SERIUS NUTRITIONAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES

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WFP/1052

FOOD PRODUCTION IN KOSOVO DOWN BY 65 PER CENT; UN FOOD AGENCIES WARN OF SERIUS NUTRITIONAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES

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AFG/106
SOC/NAR/810

120 PER CENT INCREASE IN PRODUCTION OF RAW OPIUM IN AFGHANISTAN FOR 1999

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PI/1171

STUDENTS TO OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE AT HEADQUARTERS, 14 SEPTEMBER

The Department of Public Information, in association with the Peace Day Committee, Jubillenium and the Stars Foundation for Children, will celebrate the International Day of Peace with two special events on 14 September.

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SG/SM/7123

FOR UN, NO CHALLENGE IS MORE PRESSING, NO GOAL MORE DAUNTING THAN FREEING HUMANITY FROM SHACKLES OF POVERTY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

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:

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FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL DPI-NGO CONFERENCE TO TAKE PLACE AT HEADQUARTERS FROM 15 TO 17 SEPTEMBER

Queen Noor Al Hussein of Jordan and Nobel Laureate and Former President of Costa Rica Oscar Arias to Speak