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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

MESSAGE TO THE 2002 AFRICARE BISHOP WALKER DINNER Washington, D.C. 24 October 2002

For many years, Harry Belafonte has used his talent and time to give life to the principles of the United Nations. He has campaigned for human rights and justice. He has pressured Governments to adopt policies that help those in need. He has stood at the forefront of the struggle against AIDS. He has worked tirelessly as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, raising funds, travelling across the globe, speaking out on behalf of children everywhere.

He once summed up his mission with these remarkable words: "If there is one thing that we are responsible for, it is to make sure that we hold leadership — and those who influence leadership — accountable. If we do nothing more than to make leadership and power accountable for what it does -- then we would have fulfilled our task."

In that mission, Harry has given voice to those who need it most. That is what motivates him to keep going ~ in his own words, "to walk into a village somewhere in the world to find a body that has been maimed, a mind that has been destroyed, or people who sit in the abyss of loneliness feeling that there is no hope in the world - and to know that a visit from us has made a difference in their plight. We are powerful. We have a voice."

I know that Africare, which is honouring Harry Belafonte tonight, is driven by the same commitment. That commitment goes in hand with your belief that if enough people join forces to act on the courage of their convictions, it is possible to make the world a better place

Congratulations, Harry, on receiving this year's Bishop Walker Humanitarian Award. It is richly deserved. To all those honouring you at the 2002 Africare Bishop Walker Dinner, I also extend my warmest greetings and best wishes for a memorable evening. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Honorary Chairman: NELSON R. MANDELA Honorary Vice Chajr: Africare 'MARIA WALTER Africare works to improve the quality of Chairman: life in Africa, with programs in civil-society GEORGE A. DALLEY, development and governance, food security Vice Chair: and agriculture, health and HIV/AIDS, and THE REV. YVONNE SEON, Ph.D. emergency humanitarian response. Treasurer. CLYDE B. RICHARDSON President. Loriche Productions Secretary: JOSEPH C. KENNEDY, Ph.D. May 23, 2002 LARRY D. BAILEY Partner. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP LAURETTA J.BRUNO Partner, Gramercy Partners, LLC His Excellency Kofi Annan DANIEL A. CARP Chairman and CEO, Eastman Kodak Company Secretary-General of the United Nations WALTER C. CARRINGTON Room 3800 Former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria One United Nations Plaza JULIUS E. COLES Director, Andrew Young Center for International New York, NY 10017 Affairs and Professor of Political Science, Morehouse College Dear Mr. Secretary-General: ALICE M. DEAR Vice President, Africa Millennium Fund, LLC MacARTHUR DeSHAZER, Sr. I am writing to invite you to deliver the keynote address at the upcoming Africare Bishop / Vice President, Federal Government Relations, Affiliated Computer Services John T. Walker Memorial Dinner: on Thursday evening, October 24, 2002, at the Hilton ' • Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C. / / WILLIAM R. FORD : W. FRANK FOUNTAIN t Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, With 2,500 guests, $1.2 million in funds raised and extensive media coverage, this is the DaimlerChrysler Corporation JAMES M. HARKLESS, Esq. largest annual event for Africa in the United States. Arbitrator JAMES A. HARMON It is also one of the two or three most important events offering linkage between African Chairman, J.A. Harmon Associates LLC Americans and our brothers and sisters from Africa — and as such, we hope it would WILLIAM 0. KIRKER, M.D. PATRICIA WATKINS LATTIMORE offer you an excellent forum in which to reach out to African Americans, especially those Director of Human Resources, of us who are devoted to Africa and who wish to hear directly about the spirit of Washington, D.C., Public Schools commitment of the United Nations and its planned initiatives regarding Africa. DELANO E. LEWIS President and CEO, Lewis & Associates CARL J. LOWE The 2002 Africare Dinner will honor Harry Belafonte for his six decades of outstanding PRINCETON N. LYMAN contributions both to the civil rights struggle in the United States and to the liberation Executive Director, struggles in Africa, especially the movement to end apartheid in South Africa. Equally Global Interdependence Initiative, The Aspen Institute important, we will highlight the pressing need for increased world response to the crisis ROBERT L. MALLETT of HIV/AIDS in Africa: a program priority for Africare and one in which we are Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Pfizer Inc. developing many creative, grassroots and national initiatives in nearly 20 countries CARLTON A. MASTERS President and CEO, GoodWorks International Africa-wide. RODNEY E. SLATER Partner, Patton Boggs LLP Africare, as you may know, is the oldest and largest African-American organization PERCY C. WILSON Chairman Emeritus, Corporate Council on Africa specializing in development and emergency assistance to Africa. Founded in 1971, we CURTINWINSOR,Jr. now support more than 150 programs in 27 African countries. The annual Dinner Chairman, American Chemical Services Company provides essential funding and publicity for our work in Africa. AMBASSADOR OUMAROU G.YOUSSOUFOU

Emeritus: African Americans of distinction who have played prominent roles in the Africare Dinner DONALD F. McHENRY have included Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, then Secretary of Commerce Ron Chairman Emeritus, Africare President, IRC Group Brown, Ambassador Andrew Young, the late Rev. Leon H. Sullivan, former Presidential University Research Professor of Diplomacy and International Affairs, Georgetown University Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS Chairman Ronald V. Dellums, former Mayor David Dinkins, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., Coretta Scott King, Dr. Dorothy I. Height, Ex-Officio: Congressman Charles Rangel, Eddie N. Williams and many more. Distinguished C. PAYNE LUCAS President. Africare Africans have included then President Nelson Mandela, the heads of state of nearly a

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dozen other African countries, Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, Grafa Machel and OAU Secretary-General Salim Ahmed Salim. Other Americans who have participated in the Dinner have included then President Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, former President Jimmy Carter, then Vice President AJ Gore, Mrs. Barbara Bush, then Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin, Peace Corps founder Sargent Shriver — and dozens of leaders from Capitol Hill, including Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt and Rep. Ben Oilman, Chairman Emeritus of the House Committee on International Relations.

We have been privileged to have your support of this event as the Honorary Patron in 2001 (when we honored former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.) and in 1998 (when we honored Ambassador Andrew Young). In addition, you were gracious enough to write letters for our souvenir program commemorating our honorees in 2000 (James D. Wolfensohn) and 1999 (Gra9a Machel).

This year, we expect African heads of state, ministers of commerce and foreign affairs, leaders of international organizations, U.S. government leaders, top officials of major multinational corporations, NGOs, community groups and countless individuals who come because they care about Africa and seek to make a difference through Africare.

In this setting, it would be truly an honor — and truly appropriate, we believe — to present a major address on Africa and the African AIDS crisis by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. For on October 24, we will not only honor Harry Belafonte but also focus the public eye on both the problems and the promise of Africa. Your remarks would inspire the audience, those of us working day-to-day in Africa, that we can overcome the threat of AIDS and go on to help realize Africa's dreams. In particular, the presence of so many African-American leaders would offer you an opportunity to reach a very special, and very caring, group of supporters.

If you are interested in delivering this speech, please know that we understand that your presence would be contingent on other matters of U.N. business. The exact times of the event are: 6:00 to 7:00, the VIP Reception; and 7:30 to 10:30, the seated dinner and program of speeches and entertainment. Naturally, while hopeful that you can attend the entire event, we also offer the options of (1) coming at about 8:00 for dinner and your speech or (2) simply coming in time for your speech at about 9:00.

Please contact me at (202) 462-3614 if you have any questions or to respond. If I am not available, your office should speak with the Dinner Coordinator, Ms. Libba Conger. More information is enclosed.

May I close by thanking you for your past support of Africare's humanitarian mission Africa-wide and for your consideration of this request to deliver the keynote address at the Africare Dinner on October 24.

Sincerely, C. C. Payne I/ufcas President

cc: Gillian Martin Sorensen

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CABINET QU SCCRETAI RE GENERAL

9 October 2002

Dear Mr. Lucas,

Further to your letter to the Secretary-General of 24 September, I have pleasure in sending you the Secretary-General's message to the 2002 Africare Bishop Walker Dinner, along with our best wishes for a successful event.

Yours sincerely,

Edward Mortimer Director of Communications

Mr. C. Payne Lucas President Emeritus Africare Africare House, 440 R Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001-1935 17:02 FR fiFRICfiRE 202 464 0687 TO 12123631185,2550 P.02 Post1 Africare Africans works to improve the quality of life in Africa, with programs in civil-society V development and governance, food security and agriculture, health and HIV/AIDS, and emergency humanitarian response.

C. Payne Lucas ^K President Emeritus

September 24, 2002

His Excellency Kofi Annan Secretary-General of the United NaiionS Room 3800 One United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017

Dear Mr. Secretary-General:

I am writing to request that you provide a greetingjpr publication in the souvenir program for our 2002 Africare Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner:

The largest annual event for Africa in the United States

Benefiting Africare's development programs, including major initiatives to combat HIV/AIDS, in 26 countries Africa-wide

This year, honoring entertainer/activist Harry Belafonte for his six decades of outstanding contributions to humankind worldwide and, specifically, to the civil rights struggle in the United States and to the struggles for political independence, children's rights and development, and freedom from HIV/AIDS Africa-wide. Naturally, we will highlight Harry's work as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador since 1987.

Also this year, featuring a keynote address by Ambassador Andrew Young

Thursday evening, October 24,2002, at the Hilton Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C.

This request follows up on our earlier invitation to you to serve as our keynote speaker, which, per Ms. Gillian " „ Sorensen's June 4 letter to me, was declined. However, as Ms. Sorensen indicated the possibility of your providing a J, written greeting for our program, we do hope that, through the letter requested here, you can provide a tribute to Harry Belafonte and be with us in spirit on that evening.

If you can supply such a letter this year, it should be.on your letterhead, one page in length, and delivered to us in the original (not faxed) and flat (not folded) by Monday, October 7. Copies of several of your previous letters are attached to this fax. If there arc any questions, please contact Ms. Libba Conger, Dinner Coordinator, at (202) 328-5349.

Thank you for considering this request.

Sincerely,

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4 June 2002

Dear Mr. Lucas,

Thank you for your recent letter inviting the Secretary-General to address the annual Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner in Washington on 24 October. As you point out in your letter, the Secretary-General has been a consistent friend to Africare and has lent his support to this event in the past. Your suggestion that he might participate in this year's dinner, both to honour Harry Belafonte and to reiterate his call to action against the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa, is most appreciated. However, I regret to advise you that the Secretary-General's schedule at that time does not permit him to accept your kind invitation. He is expected to make a major trip in the days immediately preceding your event, and a longstanding meeting of heads of United Nations agencies takes place on his return.

While the Secretary-General may not be able to be with you in person, he will no doubt wish to join you in spirit. As in previous years, I am sure that a personal message from him can be arranged for this occasion. Please let me know if you would like us provide such a text, and the deadline by which it should be received.

On behalf of the Secretary-General, I should like to convey his continued support for your work, and his best wishes for another excellent event to benefit the people of Africa.

Yours sincerely,

Gillian Sorensen Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations Mr. C. Payne Lucas President Africare Washington, D. C. SEP' 24 2002 17:02 FR RFRICfiRE 202 464 0687 TO 12129631185,2550 P.04

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MESSAGE TO THK"2000 AFRICARE BISHOP WALKER DINNER Washington. P.C.. 19 October 2000

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One of the toughest lights for which we have jbined forces is the battle against AIDS. AIDS is a world-wide problem, but nowhere has it yet rcachcfl such emergency proportions as in Africa. Nowhere slse has it become such a throat to the very foundations of society as it has there, and especially in the continent's southern and eastern region. Thai region, with leas than five percent of the world's population, is home to mSreihanSQ percent of those living with HIV. It is where 60 per cent of all AIDS deaths have happened so far. And it is where an entire generation'of children is losing 115 parents to AIDS, All this is an unbearable tragedy and burden for millions of individuals anct their families, It is devastating the economies of their countries. In short, it is taking away Africa's future.

, The international community is finally beginning lo acknowledge the extent of the problem. In January, the United Nations Security Council held a mealing on AIDS in Africa -its first session ever on a health issue. The conspiracy of silence is being shattered, and most African governments understand thai official recognition of the problem is Ihc firsl step towards dealing wiih it. Community groups and NGOs in Africa are doing remarkable work. Private corporations, too, arc playing ail important folc by providing HIV education and giving protection and suppon to their employees. In the medical sector, we have seen the development of an effective and affordable drug for preventing molhcr-lo-child transmission. And recent findings show that even an imperfect AIDS vaccine can reduce the risk of sexual transmission.

These arc encouraging developments. But much more needs to be done. And it is only through partnerships ~ including organizations such as African; ~ that we can hope lo win this struggle, in Africa or anywhere else. I know you will do your utmost lo contribute, and it is in that spirit of hope that I wish you all a memorable evening.

"Kojfi A. Annan

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MESSAGE TO THE 1999 AFRICARE BISHOP WALKMR DINNER Washington. P.C.. 27 Senlcmher 1999

There are countless people in many coumries who owe Graf a Machcl a great deal. To those who encountered her as a student aciivist in Portugal, she gave joy and optimism, To chose who struggled alongside her in Mozambique's liberation movement, she gave courage and commitment. To those who knew her as die only woman in Mozambique's first post- independence government, she gave hope and vision. A.nd to the children of societies ravaged by war and poverty, she gave 'he chance i>f a new life.

We in the United Nations owe Graca Machel more dian most. As chairperson of an unprecedented UN study on the impact of armed conflict on children, Ms. Macncl worked to find effective measures for the promotion and protection of the rights of child victims of armed conflict and provided new insights into the plight of child refugees. Sht paved the way for the mission now led by my Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Mr. Olara Otunnu.

The strength of Ms. Macljirl's message is that it reminds each one of us of our responsibility to make the world a better place. Her words leave us in no doubt: "If we are really 10 develop any further as human beings, then «/e must now declare war on the causes pr' disempowvrment: poverty and the lack of democracy in our world. "I would like to commend Ar'ricarc - an organization fuelled by the conviction (hat it is possible 10 change things for ihe belter — for living up 10 Ms. Machel's mono.

Congratulations, Grafa, on receiving this year's Bishop Walker Humanitarian Award: nobody deserves it more. To all those honouring you at the 1999 Africare Bishop Walker Dinner, I also extend my warmest greetings and best wishes for a splendid evening.

, Annan

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C. Payne Lucas President Emeritus

September 24, 2002

FAX MEMORANDUM (5 pages, including this one): 212-963-1185

TO: Gillian Sorensen, Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations, United Nations FR: C. Payne Lucas, President Emeritus, Africare RE; Request for Written Greeting; 2002 Africare Bishop Walker Dinner

The attached request, as noted, follows up on Africare's earlier request that the Secretary-General serve as the keynote speaker for our 2002 Africare Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner, in Washington, D.C., on October 24.

We understand that the Secretary-General's schedule will not permit him to be with us in person that evening.

However, we hope that he can provide a written greeting, as he has done in past years, for publication in our souvenir program — especially since we will be saluting Harry Belafonte.

I have attached my letter of request, a copy of your June 4 letter to me and copies of two of the Secretary-General's past letters for the Africare Dinner. If your office agrees to this request, we would need the letter in hand by Monday, October 7.

If you have any questions, please contact cither me (202-328-5330) or the Dinner Coordinator, Ms, Libba Conger (202- 328-5349). Many thanks for your consideration.