IN MESSAGE TO KYOTO PROTOCOL CEREMONY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON WORLD

COMMUNITY TO ‘BE BOLD’, QUICKLY TAKE NEXT STEPS AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message on the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol, 16 February:

Today we celebrate the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol.

The Secretary-General arrived in Munich from London on Friday evening, 11 February.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on arriving in London from New York on Wednesday, 9 February, held internal meetings, including with his Special Representative for Iraq, Ashraf Qazi, and his senior political advisor, Kieran Prendergast.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES PEOPLE OF IRAQ FOLLOWING ELECTION RESULTS,

PROMISES UN’S DEEP COMMITMENT TO NEXT STAGE IN TRANSITION

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING ‘PEACE THROUGH DIALOGUE’ AWARD in munich, SAYS

HONOUR AFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF INSTITUTION, NOT INDIVIDUAL

 

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks on receiving the award for Peace Through Dialogue at a dinner hosted by the Minister President of Bavaria in Munich on 12 February:

Thank you, Mr. Minister President and Professor Teltschik, for those very kind words.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF LEBANON

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

The Secretary-General has learned with great sadness and shock of the brutal murder in the heart of Beirut today of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri of Lebanon and a number of others.

‘IN STRENGTHENING THE SECURITY OF OTHERS, WE PROTECT THE SECURITY

OF OUR OWN’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MUNICH ADDRESS

 

Following is the text of the address, as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to the forty-first Munich Conference on Security Policy:  “A More Secure World:  The Future Role of the United Nations”, in Munich, 13 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED OVER DETERIORATING SECURITY IN TOGO,

CALLS FOR RESTRAINT, PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO CRISIS

 

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 12 February:

TODAY’S THREATS -– TERRORISM, POVERTY -– REQUIRE REFORMED UN,

COLLECTIVE ACTION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN LONDON ADDRESS

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s speech at the Banqueting House, Whitehall, in London, United Kingdom, 10 February:

Thank you, Prime Minister, for that remarkable introduction.  You have very lucidly provided the context for what I am about to say this morning.

Secretary-General Condemns Killing of Political Leader in Sri Lanka

 

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