Secretary-General: No name

Press Release
SG/SM/7268
AFR/197

PHASED WITHDRAWAL OF CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC MISSION BEGINS; SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES PEACE-BUILDING SUPPORT OFFICE

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7267

UNITED NATIONS WELCOMES FRANCE’S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT DESTRUCTION OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINE STOCKPILES HAS BEEN COMPLETED

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

The United Nations welcomes the announcement by the Government of France that it has completed the destruction of its stockpiles of anti-personnel mines, in compliance with the Ottawa Convention.

Press Release
SG/SM/7266

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF LOSS OF LIFE AND DEVASTATION CAUSED BY FLOODS IN VENEZUELA

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

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SG/SM/7265

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROFOUNDLY SHOCKED TO LEARN ABOUT INDISCRIMINATE TERRORIST ACT AGAINST PRESIDENT OF SRI LANKA

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

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SG/SM/7264
OBV/129

SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES BIODIVERSITY CONVENTION PROGRESS, THREATS TO ECOSYSTEMS, IN BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for Biological Diversity, which is observed 29 December:

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SG/SM/7263
AFR/196

KOFI ANNAN EMPHASIZES COMMITMENT TO ENABLING UN NEVER AGAIN TO FAIL IN PROTECTING CIVILIAN POPULATION FROM GENOCIDE OR MASS SLAUGHTER

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on receiving the report of the independent inquiry into the actions of the United Nations during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda:

Press Release
SG/SM/7262

SECRETARY-GENERAL EMPHASIZES IMPORTANT ROLE OF UNITED NATIONS FOR NEW MILLENNIUM

Following is the text of Secretary Kofi Annan’s message for the new millennium:

Today, we celebrate a special New Year with a momentous number: the Year Two Thousand.

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SG/SM/7261
SC/6772

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING SECURITY COUNCIL ON ‘UN PARTNERSHIP WITH AFRICA’, OFFERS PRESCRIPTION FOR MORE EFFECTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN CONTINENT

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the open meeting of the Security Council on “the United Nations partnership with Africa” on 15 December:

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SG/SM/7260

KOFI ANNAN SAYS `HEALING OF WOUNDS’ BETWEEN JEWISH COMMUNITY AND UNITED NATIONS AMONG HIS PRIORITIES AS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Speech to New York Group Acknowledges Sense of ‘Exclusion’ and Calls For Mutual Understanding, Recognizing Jewish Contribution to World Body

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SG/SM/7259

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT HEADQUARTERS, 14 DECEMBER