The Secretary-General Message to the Hunger

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

MESSAGE TO THE HUNGER PROJECT 1998 AFRICA LEADERSHIP AWARD New York iin.j 3 October 1998 /ut// j

I am very pleased to be here this evening, on behalf of Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan and the United Nations, to join in saluting The Hunger Project, in thanking Joan Holmes and her dedicated colleagues for their work on this critical issue and in congratulating His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda, and Ms. Celina Cossa, President of the General Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of Mozambique, for their leadership in mobilizing both people and means to combat hunger in their countries. In this goal, the United Nations and the Hunger Project have a common cause. You are aware that the United Nations Development Programme, the Food and Agricultural Organization and the World Food Programme work in different ways to develop more nutritious foods, healthier crops, more reliable harvests and more dependable distribution so that no one —young or old — should suffer the damaged health, drained energy, diminished growth and lost dreams that hunger causes.

To all who join in this fight, thank you and congratulations. 12125329785 THE HUNGER PROJECT 876 P01 SEP 17 'Sb 12:OS

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DATE:. Thursday 17 September 98 TIME: ll;55jam

TO: Ma. TA9SA, Office o •e Secretar Geneal,,. Nations

FROM: Dr. Pitigu Tadesse, Director for Africa Region

Joan Holmes President of The Hunger Project cordially invites

H-E, Mr. Kofi Annan and Madam

to the 1998 Africa Prize for Leadership gala award dinner in honor of

H.E. Yoweri Kaguta. Museveni President of the Republic of Uganda. and. Celina. Cossa President of the General Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of Mozambique

New York Hilton Hotel, Grand Ballroom Saturday, 3 October 1998 Reception: 6:30 P.M. Dinner and ceremony: 7:30 P.M. Black tie or national dress RSVP 212 251-9100

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