Secretary-General: Press Release

‘FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS REQUIRES CONSTANT VIGILANCE AND RENEWAL’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of the video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the fifty-ninth session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok, 1-4 September:

You meet at a decisive moment in the history of your region, and you have chosen to focus on a vital topic.

RENEWED MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE MUST NOT DIVERT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

FROM ‘ROAD MAP’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People, delivered by Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in New York, 4 September:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUDAN PEACE TALKS BEING HELD IN KENYA

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

COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT HAS KEY ROLE IN GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY EFFORTS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO OSLO MEETING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the General Assembly of the International Cooperative Alliance in Oslo, 3 September:

ENTRY INTO FORCE OF NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY ‘CANNOT COME TOO SOON’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO VIENNA CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, delivered by Antonio Maria Costa, Director General, United Nations Office at Vienna, in Vienna, 3 September:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SMOOTH TRANSFER OF SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES

IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

FRESHWATER ESSENTIAL FOR HUMAN SURVIVAL, HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS, SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO GLOBAL FORUM

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RELEASE OF WAR PRISONERS BY FRENTE POLISARIO

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 1 September:

The Secretary-General welcomes the release by the Frente Polisario of 243 prisoners of war who were repatriated today to the Kingdom of Morocco by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED BY BREAKDOWN OF CEASEFIRE IN NEPAL

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

The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the breakdown of the ceasefire and the recent upsurge in violence in Nepal.  He remains convinced that there is no alternative to the continuation of dialogue and a peaceful solution to the conflict.

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACK IN NAJAF, IRAQ

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