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SG/SM/6750

WORLD COMMUNITY MUST NOT RETREAT ON VERGE OF 'VICTORY OVER WANT', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN POVERTY DAY MESSAGE

14 October 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6750
OBV/63


WORLD COMMUNITY MUST NOT RETREAT ON VERGE OF 'VICTORY OVER WANT', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN POVERTY DAY MESSAGE

19981014 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed 17 October:

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty offers all of us an opportunity to reflect on the most pressing task of our time.

SG/SM/6747

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO UNITED NATIONS FIRST MEDIATOR

13 October 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6747


SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO UNITED NATIONS FIRST MEDIATOR

19981013 Kofi Annan Gives Toast at Luncheon In Honour of King of Sweden and in Memory of Count Bernadotte

Following is the text of a toast given by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a luncheon in honour of the King of Sweden and in memory of Count Folke Bernadotte, in New York on 13 October:

SG/SM/6743

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO ALL PARTIES IN LESOTHO TO REACH AGREEMENT ON OUTSTANDING ISSUES

13 October 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6743
AFR/104


SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO ALL PARTIES IN LESOTHO TO REACH AGREEMENT ON OUTSTANDING ISSUES

19981013 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has been following closely the discussions involving the Government and Lesotho's political parties, held under the auspices of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).