| Press Release SG/SM/8581 |
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN
AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 14 JANUARY 2003
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen -– and Happy New Year!
| Press Release SG/SM/8580 SC/7633 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL PROVIDES LIST TO SECURITY COUNCIL OF THOSE USING CHILD SOLDIERS,
SAYS EXPOSURE MEANS VIOLATORS OF PROTECTION NORMS CAN NO LONGER ACT WITH IMPUNITY
Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to today’s Security Council meeting on children and armed conflict in New York:
| Press Release SG/SM/8579 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES EXTREME CONCERN AT LEVEL OF VIOLENCE,
GROWING CASUALTIES IN ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/8578 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO RECONSIDER
WITHDRAWAL FROM NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/A/827 PKO/100 |
KIRAN BEDI OF INDIA APPOINTED CIVILIAN POLICE ADVISER
IN DEPARTMENT OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
The Secretary-General is pleased to announce the appointment of Kiran Bedi of India as the new Civilian Police Adviser in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
| Press Release SG/A/826 IK/327 |
MAJOR-GENERAL FRANCISZEK GĄGOR OF POLAND APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER
IN UNITED NATIONS IRAQ-KUWAIT OBSERVATION MISSION
Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major-General Franciszek Gągor of Poland as Force Commander of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) with effect from 17 January 2003.
| Press Release SG/SM/8577 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PERSONAL ENVOY FOR WESTERN SAHARA
TO VISIT REGION, 14 - 17 JANUARY
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
James A. Baker III, the Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, is scheduled to visit the region from 14 to 17 January 2003.
| Press Release SG/SM/8576 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL, SADDENED BY DEATH OF ‘GREAT STATESMAN’ LORD JENKINS,
PRAISES VISION, INTEGRITY, COMMITMENT TO EUROPEAN CAUSE
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/8575 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS TEL AVIV SUICIDE BOMBING,
SAYS VIOLENCE CANNOT SOLVE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/8574 AFR/538 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES NEW KENYAN PRESIDENT,
COMMENDS WELL ORGANIZED, CREDIBLE ELECTORAL PROCESS
The following statement, issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, was also issued earlier in Nairobi:
