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13 February 2003

SG/SM/8603

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCERNED BY VIOLENCE IN BOLIVIA, APPEALS FOR DIALOGUE, RESPECT FOR DEMOCRACY

13/02/2003

Press Release
SG/SM/8603

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCERNED BY VIOLENCE IN BOLIVIA,

APPEALS FOR DIALOGUE, RESPECT FOR DEMOCRACY

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

The Secretary-General is concerned about the violent incidents that took place in Bolivia yesterday and deplores the loss of life.

12 February 2003

SG/SM/8602-GA/COL/3074

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ADMINISTERING POWERS, SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO REINVIGORATE DECOLONIZATION PROCESS

12/02/2003

Press Release
SG/SM/8602
GA/COL/3074

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ADMINISTERING POWERS, SPECIAL COMMITTEE

TO REINVIGORATE DECOLONIZATION PROCESS

Following is the text of remarks today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening meeting of the Special Committee on decolonization:

I am pleased to be with you as you open your 2003 session. An important agenda remains before this Committee.

12 February 2003

SG/SM/8601

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY ARREST OF OPPOSITION PARTY MEMBERS IN MYANMAR; URGES AUTHORITIES TO RELEASE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS AND ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE

12/02/2003

Press Release
SG/SM/8601

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY ARREST OF OPPOSITION PARTY MEMBERS IN MYANMAR;

URGES AUTHORITIES TO RELEASE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS AND ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE

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

10 February 2003

SG/SM/8600

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UNITED NATIONS HAS DUTY TO EXHAUST ALL POSSIBILITIES OF PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT BEFORE RESORTING TO USE OF FORCE

10/02/2003

Press Release
SG/SM/8600

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UNITED NATIONS HAS DUTY TO EXHAUST ALL POSSIBILITIES

OF PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT BEFORE RESORTING TO USE OF FORCE

Following is the text of the address delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 8 February at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia:

10 February 2003

SG/SM/8599

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACK IN COLOMBIA

10 February 2003

Press Release
SG/SM/8599

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACK IN COLOMBIA

The following statement was issued on 8 February by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

7 February 2003

SG/A/831-AFR/558-BIO/3477

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE

07/02/2003

Press Release
SG/A/831
AFR/558
BIO/3477

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE

Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Albert Tevoedjre of Benin as his Special Envoy for Côte d’Ivoire today.

6 February 2003

SG/SM/8598-DC/2853

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS OF ‘DISTURBING’ EROSION IN INTERNATIONAL NORMS ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, IN REMARKS TO DISARMAMENT BOARD

06/02/2003

Press Release
SG/SM/8598
DC/2853

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS OF ‘DISTURBING’ EROSION IN INTERNATIONAL NORMS
ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, IN REMARKS TO DISARMAMENT BOARD

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the meeting with the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters in New York on 6 February:

4 February 2003

SG/SM/8597

CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT REQUIRE NOT ONLY LEADERSHIP, RESOURCES, BUT A LEGAL RESPONSE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

04/02/2003

Press Release
SG/SM/8597

CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT REQUIRE NOT ONLY LEADERSHIP, RESOURCES,

BUT A LEGAL RESPONSE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the All-Africa Conference on Law, Justice and Development, delivered by Hans Corell, United Nations Legal Counsel and Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, in Abuja, Nigeria, 4-7 February: