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SG/SM/9777
23/3/2005
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SG/SM/9777

JORDAN PURSUING EQUITABLE SOCIETY FOR ALL – REGARDLESS OF DISABILITY

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO 2005 AWARD CEREMONY


Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the presentation of the FranklinDelanoRoosevelt International Disability Award to King Abdullah the Second of Jordan, delivered by Nane Annan, in New York, 23 March:

SG/SM/9776
23/03/2005
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SG/SM/9776

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ARAB STATES TO TAKE LEAD IN UNITING WORLD


AGAINST TERRORISM, IN ADDRESS TO ALGIERSSUMMIT

 


Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Summit of the League of Arab States in Algiers, 23 March:


I would like to thank President Bouteflika for his leadership and for hosting this meeting at such a critical time for the Arab world and for the United Nations.

SG/SM/9771
21/03/2005
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SG/SM/9771

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.

SG/SM/9770-GA/10335-ORG/1438
21/03/2005
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SG/SM/9770
GA/10335
ORG/1438

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:

SG/SM/9769
21/03/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9769

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.