Secretary-General: Press Release

TOURISM CAN HELP POOREST, BUT CAREFUL MANAGEMENT NEEDED TO PREVENT HARMFUL

EFFECTS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO DAKAR MEETING

‘OUR COMMON HUMANITY MUST TRIUMPH OVER PERCEIVED DIFFERENCES’, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS MEETING

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED BY MYANMAR ’S EXTENSION

OF DETENTION FOR DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED BY OPENING OF GAZA-EGYPT BORDER CROSSING,

HOPES COOPERATION WILL MARK OTHER DISENGAGEMENT ISSUES

The following statement was issued on 25 November by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL PROCESSES CAN IMPACT HUMAN SECURITY POSITIVELY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PARTIES TO CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed Tunisia on Wednesday, 16 November, and arrived the following day in Pakistan, where he would attend a Donors’ Conference for earthquake reconstruction to be held the following Saturday.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Tunis on Sunday, 13 November, to attend the World Summit on the Information Society.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES NEPAL UNDERSTANDING AIMED AT RESTORING

MULTIPARTY DEMOCRACY, READY TO ASSIST IN RESOLVING CONFLICT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES LIBERIA ’S ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF AS AFRICA ’S

FIRST WOMAN HEAD OF STATE, FOLLOWING ELECTIONS COMMISSION ANNOUNCEMENT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR CLOSER COOPERATION IN MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE

ON AMENDED PROTOCOL II TO CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS