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SG/SM/7382
8 May 2000


Press Release
SG/SM/7382


SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON HUMAN SECURITY IN MONGOLIA

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Two-Day Session in Ulaanbaatar, 8-10 May

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered today in salute to Mongolia’s hosting of an international workshop on human security:

SG/SM/7375
2 May 2000


Press Release
SG/SM/7375


SECRETARY-GENERAL, EXPRESSING GREAT SADNESS AT DEATH OF POUL HARTLING, SAYS UN ‘HAS LOST ONE OF ITS FINEST AND MOST ADMIRED LEADERS’

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It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of my friend, colleague and mentor Poul Hartling. As United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1978-1985, he revitalized its mission, and gave it new purpose from the Horn of Africa to Central America and to Viet Nam.

SG/SM/7376
2 May 2000


Press Release
SG/SM/7376
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SECRETARY-GENERAL, RECEIVING HONOURARY DEGREE IN YAOUNDE, CAMEROON HIGHLIGHTS KEYS TO AFRICA’S FULL PARTICIPATION IN GLOBAL ECONOMY

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Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, upon receiving the degree of “Docteur Honoris Causa en Relations Internationales” from the University of Yaounde II, in Yaounde, Cameroon on 2 May: