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SG/SM/7695
01/02/2001
Press Release
SG/SM/7695


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES GREATER ATTENTION ON CONFLICT PREVENTION


Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Colloquium on Peacekeeping and Conflict Prevention, delivered yesterday in Paris on the Secretary-General’s behalf by Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:

SG/SM/7698
01/02/2001
Press Release
SG/SM/7698


GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

MEET UNDER SECRETARY-GENERAL’S AUSPICES


Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:


Pursuant to the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995, representatives of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia met on 31 January and

SG/SM/7692
29/01/2001
Press Release
SG/SM/7692


IN ADDRESS TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, SECRETARY-GENERAL


SAYS GLOBALIZATION MUST WORK FOR ALL


Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Davos, Switzerland, on 28 January to the World Economic Forum:


Let me begin by thanking our friend Klaus Schwab for his very kind introduction, and for inviting me to Davos again. 

SG/SM/7689
25/01/2001
Press Release
SG/SM/7689


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RELEASE OF MYANMAR DETAINEES


The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for

Secretary-General Kofi Annan:


      The Secretary-General welcomes the release on Wednesday of National League for Democracy Vice-Chairman U Tin Oo and 19 members of the party's youth wing, who were taken into detention four months ago.