Secretary-General: Press Release

‘WE MUST CONFRONT DEATH BY REAFFIRMING THE VALUE OF LIFE’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO PRAYER SERVICE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Orthodox Christian prayer service for the United Nations community today, delivered by Joseph Stephanides, Director, Security Council Affairs Division, Department of Political Affairs:

GOVERNMENTS MUST ENSURE ADEQUATE ATTENTION FOR SPECIAL NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World Mental Health Day, 10 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY DEPLORES ISRAELI AIR STRIKE ON SYRIAN TERRITORY

Following is a statement issued on 5 October by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS HAIFA SUICIDE BOMBING,

URGES ALL PARTIES TO SHOW UTMOST RESTRAINT

Following is a statement issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 4 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION ON INAUGURATION

OF NEW HEADQUARTERS -- ‘HOUSE OF PARLIAMENTS’

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office in Geneva, 3 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY CONCLUDES VISIT TO MYANMAR;

CONFIRMS DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI WELL, IN GOOD SPIRITS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCERNED BY CÔTE D’IVOIRE DEVELOPMENTS,

URGES PARTIES TO SEEK SOLUTION THROUGH DIALOGUE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTURBED BY ISRAEL’S DECISIONS

ON SEPARATION WALL, NEW SETTLEMENTS

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

WORLD’S PARLIAMENTARIANS ‘CAN DO MUCH’ TO ADVANCE UNITED NATIONS

REFORM AGENDA, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS IPU ASSEMBLY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 109^th  Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, as delivered today in Geneva by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office in Geneva:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ASSUMPTION OF DUTIES BY UN MISSION IN LIBERIA

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