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SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS SUCCESS OF MONTREAL PROTOCOL PROTECTING OZONE LAYER SHOULD INSPIRE PARTIES TO OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS

09/09/2004
Press Release
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ENV/DEV/792
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Secretary-General says success of Montreal protocol protecting ozone layer


should inspire parties to other environmental agreements

 


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, observed 16 September:

SG/SM/9467

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MEXICO CITY ADDRESS PRAISES LATIN AMERICA’S DEMOCRATIC, DEVELOPMENT GAINS, SAYS FUTURE CHALLENGES DEMAND ‘MORE DEMOCRACY, NOT LESS’

08/09/2004
Press Release
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Secretary-General in Mexico City address praises Latin America’s democratic,


development gains, says future challenges demand ‘more democracy, not less’


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the opening ceremony of the International Seminar on Democracy, Politics and the State in Mexico City, 8 September:

SG/SM/9463

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED AT DEATH OF AMBASSADOR AL-ASHTAL OF YEMEN

01/09/2004
Press Release
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Secretary-General saddened at death of ambassador al-ashtal of yemen


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


The Secretary-General was saddened to learn of the death of Ambassador Abdullah Saleh Al-Ashtal, who served as Yemen’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations for almost 30 years.