TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 21 MARCH 2005

The Secretary-General: Let me first wish our Iranian and Kurdish friends a

very Happy New Year -- Nowrooz Mubarak.

Secretary-General expresses concern over escalation in southern kyrgyzstan

 

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is very concerned at the recent escalation of serious incidents in southern Kyrgyzstan, where protestors have clashed with police and seized government offices in the towns of Osh and Jalal-Abad.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES STRATEGY FOR UN REFORM TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

GIVING EQUAL WEIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS

 

Report Provides Clear Package of Decisions

Member States Can Take to Fulfil Promises Already Made, He Says

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the General Assembly, in New York today, 21 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS BOMB ATTACK IN PAKISTAN; APPEALS

FOR CALM IN FACE OF ‘BRAZEN AND COWARDLY ACT’

 

The following statement was issued on Sunday, 20 March, by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is outraged at reports of a bomb attack in a shrine in Baluchistanprovince of Pakistan that has killed a large number of people.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO ALL PARTIES TO SAFEGUARD STABILITY,

NATIONAL UNITY FOLLOWING BEIRUT CAR BOMBING

 

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 19 March, by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The UN Secretary-General travelled from Spain to Israel for an official visit, with a day and a half layover in Geneva, Switzerland.

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPECTS FULL WITHDRAWAL OF ALL SYRIAN TROOPS

FROM LEBANON BEFORE LEBANESE ELECTIONS

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

MAJOR EFFORTS NEEDED TO BETTER MANAGE WORLD’S WATER – ‘OUR LIFELINE FOR SURVIVAL’

 

IN 21^ST CENTURY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for World Water Day, observed 22 March:

‘NO ONE CAN BE NEUTRAL’ IN FIGHT AGAINST VIRUS OF RACISM,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

Following is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed 21 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONVENING OF TRANSITIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY of IRAQ

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