| Press Release SG/SM/7854 AFR/328 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES FATAL ASSAULT ON NGO VEHICLE IN BURUNDI
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/7853 OBV/222 SOC/NAR/829 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR MORE EMPHASIS ON REDUCING DEMAND FOR ILLEGAL DRUGS
IN MESSAGE FOR DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE
Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, 26 June:
| Press Release SG/SM/7852 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN MYANMAR
The following statement was issued this morning by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General welcomes the release Thursday of five more members of Parliament of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar, which he hopes will provide a new impetus to the ongoing talks between the Government and
Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed New York on Monday morning, 11 June, to begin a Middle Eastern trip aimed at pressing the Palestinians and the Israelis to implement the recommendations of the Mitchell Commission, which would eventually mean a return to the negotiating table.
| Press Release SG/SM/7851 AIDS/21 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES GATES FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL AIDS FUND
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/7850 |
WAR LESS LIKELY BETWEEN MATURE DEMOCRACIES, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL
IN LECTURE AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY
Yet Sometimes Reluctance of Democracies to Fight
Or Take Risks Can Be Handicap When Action in Just Cause Is Really Needed
Following is the text of the Cyril Foster Lecture, "Why Democracy Is an International Issue", delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at Oxford University, United Kingdom, on 19 June:
| Press Release SG/SM/7849 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘HEINOUS’ TARGETING OF RELIEF FLIGHTS IN ANGOLA
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack in Angola on Friday
15 June against two World Food Programme-chartered planes, which were en route to Kuito with food supplies. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
| Press Release SG/SM/7848 OBV/220 |
REFUGEES ‘ARE THE GREAT SURVIVORS OF OUR TIME’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL
IN SALUTE TO WORLD REFUGEE DAY
Following is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World Refugee Day, 20 June:
| Press Release SG/SM/7847 PAL/1888 PI/1356 |
‘BOTH SIDES NEED HELP OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY’, SECRETARY-GENERAL
TELLS PARIS MEDIA ENCOUNTER ON PALESTINE
Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Media Encounter on the Question of Palestine delivered on his behalf by Shashi Tharoor, Interim Head of the Department of Public Information:
| Press Release SG/SM/7846 AFG/138 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTURBED BY REPORTS OF ANTI-CIVILIAN VIOLENCE,
CONTINUED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN AFGHANISTAN
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
