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SG/SM/9998-GA/PAL/987
12/07/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9998
GA/PAL/987

SECRETARY-GENERAL THANKS CIVIL SOCIETY FOR BUILDING BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING


BETWEEN ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS, IN MESSAGE TO PARIS MEETING

 


Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of Middle East Peace, delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva, in Paris, 12 July :

SG/SM/10001
12/07/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/10001

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS SUICIDE ATTACK IN ISRAEL

 


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


The Secretary-General strongly condemns the suicide attack in Israel today that took at least two lives, and wounded many others.  He is unwavering in his conviction that nothing can justify terror.

SG/T/2456

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived late Friday, 8 July, in Khartoum, Sudan, from Edinburgh, Scotland, to attend the ceremony inaugurating Sudan’s new Government of National Unity.

SG/SM/9997-AFR/1211
11/07/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9997
AFR/1211

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY BRUTAL MURDER OF ABDULKADIR YAHYA ALI IN SOMALIA


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


The Secretary-General was shocked to hear of the brutal murder of Abdulkadir Yahya Ali in Mogadishu today.  Mr. Yahya had devoted many years to foster peace and reconciliation in his country and was widely respected by his countrymen and by many in the international community.