Secretary-General: No name

The Secretary-General arrived in Geneva in the morning of Tuesday, 4 April.

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SG/SM/7350

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS RECENT ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN HAITI, FOLLOWING MURDER OF DIRECTOR OF ‘RADIO HAITI’

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

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SG/SM/7349

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH ISRAEL’S FOREIGN MINISTER IN GENEVA, WELCOMES ASSURANCES ON SOUTHERN LEBANON

The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was issued today by his Spokesman:

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SG/SM/7348

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘COURAGEOUS’ DECISION OF SERB NATIONAL COUNCIL OF GRACANICA TO PARTICIPATE IN KOSOVO BODIES

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

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SG/SM/7347
POP/766

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AIDS IN AFRICA TRAGEDY ON ‘BIBLICAL SCALE’, PROFOUNDLY WELCOMES $57 MILLION GATES FOUNDATION GRANT

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s $57 million grant to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for programmes that will protect African youth against AIDS:

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SG/A/730
REC/86

KIM HAK-SU OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA APPOINTED EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND PACIFIC

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Kim Hak-Su of the Republic of Korea as Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

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SG/A/729

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS RAZALI ISMAIL SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MYANMAR

The Secretary-General has appointed Razali Ismail as his Special Envoy for Myanmar. The Secretary-General hopes that Mr. Razali will be able to visit Myanmar shortly to carry out the Secretary-General’s good offices efforts to facilitate the implementation of General Assembly resolution 54/186.

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SG/SM/7346
HR/CN/980

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, UNDERSCORES NEED TO BRIDGE GAP BETWEEN RIGHTS, REALITIES

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Commission on Human Rights, to be delivered in Geneva on 4 April:

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SG/SM/7345

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO OPENING OF ‘VISAS FOR LIFE’ EXHIBIT, SAYS COURAGEOUS PEOPLE HONOURED ARE ‘MODELS FOR OUR TIME’

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening of the exhibition “Visas for Life: The Righteous Diplomats”, delivered on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations Gillian Sorensen, at Headquarters on 3 April:

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SG/SM/7344

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED BY ILLNESS OF JAPAN’S PRIME MINISTER

The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General expressed deep concern over reports about the sudden illness suffered by Keizo Obuchi, Prime Minister of Japan. The Secretary- General expressed his hope and good wishes for Mr. Obuchi’s speedy recovery.