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SG/SM/9609-AFR/1072
22/11/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9609
AFR/1072

Secretary-General pledges United Nations support in quest for peace,


stability, democracy, development in great lakes region

 


Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the closing of the International Conference on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development in the Great Lakes Region, held in Dar-es-Salaam on 20 November 2004:


The Dar-es-Salaam Declaration of Principles holds great promise.

SG/SM/9607-AFR/1071
19/11/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9607
AFR/1071

Secretary-General, in message to conference on cooperation with west African


children, hails education as building block, catalyst for development


Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the conference:  “From war to classroom.  From crisis to recovery.  Italian cooperation for West African children”, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, today 19 November:

SG/SM/9606-AFR/1070
19/11/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9606
AFR/1070

GREAT LAKES REGION WITNESSING GLIMMER OF HOPE AS LEADERS MAKE STRATEGIC DECISION


TO PURSUE PEACE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN TANZANIA


Following is the address delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Conference on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development in the Great Lakes Region, taking place in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania:

SG/SM/9605-AFR/1069-PKO/115
19/11/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9605
AFR/1069
PKO/115

Secretary-General ‘absolutely outraged’ by gross misconduct


by peacekeeping personnel in Democratic Republic of Congo

 


Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), issued today in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania:

SG/SM/9600-SC/8248-AFR/1066
18/11/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9600
SC/8248
AFR/1066

Sudan grave challenge not only to Africa, ‘but to all humanity’,

 

says Secretary-General to Nairobi Security Council meeting


The following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council meeting on the Sudan, in Nairobi, Kenya, on 18 November:


I first would like to thank our distinguished President, Ambassador John Danforth.  It is because of his initiative that we are here.