Secretary-General: Press Release

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO CONTRIBUTION OF POLISH PEACEKEEPERS,

IN MESSAGE TO 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION IN WARSAW

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the thirtieth anniversary of Poland’s first contribution to United Nations peacekeeping, as delivered today in Warsaw by Colin Glennie, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Poland:

CHINA ‘SPLENDID EXAMPLE OF PROGRESS’ IN ELIMINATING IODINE DEFICIENCY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO BEIJING MEETING

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the high-level meeting on the elimination of iodine deficiency, as delivered today in Beijing by Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF):

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS BEING UNABLE TO ATTEND OIC SUMMIT IN MALAYSIA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS INAUGURATION OF NATIONAL TRANSITIONAL

GOVERNMENT AS ‘TURNING POINT’ FOR LIBERIA

Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan on the inauguration of the National Transitional Government of Liberia, as delivered today in Monrovia by Jacques Paul Klein, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Liberia:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘GRAVELY CONCERNED’ BY CONTINUING VIOLENCE IN BOLIVIA,

CALLS FOR MAXIMUM RESTRAINT BY GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION

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

A WORLD MIRED IN DESPAIR OF POVERTY ‘WILL NOT BE A WORLD AT PEACE’

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed 17 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS NOBEL PRIZE WINNER CHAMPION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES KILLING OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS

IN ISRAELI INCURSION INTO GAZA STRIP

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

The Secretary-General deplores the killing of Palestinian civilians during the Israeli incursion into Rafah in the Gaza Strip.  Two children were among those killed when the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) fired a missile into a crowded area.

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES WORLD BODY TO CONTINUE SERVING HUMANITY, CONFRONT GLOBAL

THREATS, CONSIDER FURTHER CHANGE, IN UNITED NATIONS DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on United Nations Day, 24 October:

These are difficult times, for the world and for the United Nations.

AS DIFFICULT TIMES STRAIN GLOBAL SYSTEM, SECRETARY-GENERAL LOOKS TO UN ASSOCIATION

OF UNITED STATES TO ‘DO WHAT YOU DO BEST’ –- TELL UN STORY

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a dinner hosted by the United Nations Association – USA and the Business Council for the United Nations in New York on 8 October: