Secretary-General's affectionate tribute at retirement of New York University law professor.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-8 October 2002-UN: Secretary-General's affectionate tribute at retirement of New York University law professor (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10072002 Following are the remarks of the Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the event in honour of Professor Thomas Franck, New York University School of Law, 4 October 2002: Thank you, everyone.

But thank you especially, Tom, for all that you have done over these past -- can it really be? -- forty-two years as a full-time teacher in this wonderful School. I can think of no one who has done more to foster respect and enthusiasm for international law, and the idea of international order, among generation after generation of America's brightest students -- and many from abroad, too....