Kofi Annan: You've got mail

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Subjects both weighty and mundane prompt letters to the U.N. secretary-general

July 5, 2000
Web posted at: 9:50 a.m. EDT (1350 GMT)

NEW YORK (CNN) -- The United Nations is used to receiving a steady stream of mail and when a world conflict heats up, the stream can become a flood -- up to 7,500 letters and e-mail messages a month.

In many cases, the mail is addressed to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. But not all of it deals with topics of international importance. Take that wedding invitation, for example.

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