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Annan salutes African summit on culture and education, pledges UN support

by Georgia | January 23, 2006

Khartoum, Sudan - As African leaders gathered in Sudan for a summit on culture and education, Secretary-General Kofi Annan saluted this agenda and pledged the assistance of the United Nations in advancing progress on these issues.

In a message to the African Union?s (AU) annual summit in Khartoum, delivered by his Special Adviser on Africa, Mohamed Sahnoun, Mr. Annan said, ?I welcome the decision to make ?education and culture? the theme of this Summit.

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