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SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES CALL FOR RATIFICATION OF KYOTO PROTOCOL ON TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION’S ENTRY INTO FORCE

19/03/2004
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ENV/DEV/754


SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES CALL FOR RATIFICATION OF KYOTO PROTOCOL ON TENTH


ANNIVERSARY OF CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION’S ENTRY INTO FORCE


Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 21 March 2004:

SG/SM/9205

AS PAN AFRICAN PARLIAMENT HOLDS INAUGURAL MEETING, SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS CONGRATULATIONS, UN ASSISTANCE

18/03/2004
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AS PAN AFRICAN PARLIAMENT HOLDS INAUGURAL MEETING, SECRETARY-GENERAL


OFFERS CONGRATULATIONS, UN ASSISTANCE


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the inaugural meeting of the Pan African Parliament of the African Union, delivered by Tuliameni Kalomoh, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in Addis Ababa, 18 March:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS VIOLENCE IN KOSOVO

17/03/2004
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SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS VIOLENCE IN KOSOVO


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

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AT CORE OF ALL RELIGIONS ARE VALUES OF COMPASSION, DECENCY, RESPECT FOR OTHERS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT LECTURE BY ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU

17/03/2004
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AT CORE OF ALL RELIGIONS ARE VALUES OF COMPASSION, DECENCY, RESPECT FOR OTHERS,


SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT LECTURE BY ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU


Following is the text of introductory remarks by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan at the lecture on “God’s Word and World Politics” by Archbishop Desmond Tutu today:


Archbishop Tutu, let me say how wonderful it is to have you here.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR GLOBAL CONSENSUS ON MAJOR THREATS, POLICIES TO ADDRESS THEM, IN NEW YORK REMARKS

17/03/2004
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SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR GLOBAL CONSENSUS ON MAJOR THREATS,


POLICIES TO ADDRESS THEM, IN NEW YORK REMARKS


Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening remarks in conversation with Richard N. Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, for the David A. Morse Lecture:  “The UN and global security in the 21st century”, in New York, on 16 March: