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SG/SM/9771
21/03/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9771

Secretary-General expresses concern over escalation in southern kyrgyzstan

 


Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:


The Secretary-General is very concerned at the recent escalation of serious incidents in southern Kyrgyzstan, where protestors have clashed with police and seized government offices in the towns of Osh and Jalal-Abad.

SG/SM/9770-GA/10335-ORG/1438
21/03/2005
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SG/SM/9770
GA/10335
ORG/1438

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES STRATEGY FOR UN REFORM TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY,


GIVING EQUAL WEIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS

 


Report Provides Clear Package of Decisions

Member States Can Take to Fulfil Promises Already Made, He Says


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the General Assembly, in New York today, 21 March:

SG/SM/9769
21/03/2005
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SG/SM/9769

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS BOMB ATTACK IN PAKISTAN; APPEALS


FOR CALM IN FACE OF ‘BRAZEN AND COWARDLY ACT’

 


The following statement was issued on Sunday, 20 March, by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:


The Secretary-General is outraged at reports of a bomb attack in a shrine in Baluchistanprovince of Pakistan that has killed a large number of people.

GA/SM/351-ENV/DEV/830-OBV/472
21/3/2005
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GA/SM/351
ENV/DEV/830
OBV/472

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN WORLD WATER DAY MESSAGE, CALLS RIGHT TO SAFE


DRINKING WATER BASIC TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DIGNITY


Following is the text of General Assembly President Jean Ping’s message for World Water Day, 22 March 2005:


Millions of people around the world die and still suffer because the water they use for their daily needs is unsafe.

AFR/1128-IHA/1028
21/3/2005
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AFR/1128
IHA/1028

UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR CALLS ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AUTHORITIES


TO ASSUME THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS CONGOLESE POPULATION


GENEVA, 21 March (OCHA) -- The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Jan Egeland, called upon the Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to assume its responsibilities towards the Congolese people.