Secretary-General: Press Release

Press Release
SG/A/749
BIO/3329

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS LIEUTENANT GENERAL DANIEL OPANDE OF KENYA AS FORCE COMMANDER IN SIERRA LEONE

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

Press Release
SG/A/748
BIO/3328

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MAJOR-GENERAL PATRICK CAMMAERT OF THE NETHERLANDS AS COMMANDER OF UN FORCE IN ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA (UNMEE)

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7615
OBV/176

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR COMMITMENT TO ‘AN ACTIVE TOLERANCE THAT ALLOWS HUMAN BEINGS TO ACCEPT, RESPECT, AND LIVE WITH ONE ANOTHER IN PEACE’

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the International Day of Tolerance, which is observed on 16 November:

Press Release
SG/SM/7614

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER OF ISRAEL

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7613

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT FLAG RAISING FOR FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA, SPEAKS OF MILESTONE ON PASSAGE OF BALKANS TOWARDS DEMOCRACY

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the flag raising ceremony for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, upon its admission to the United Nations:

Press Release
SG/SM/7612

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES FREE TRADE INITIATIVE BY COMMUNITY OF EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA STATES

Cooperation of Government, Private Sector Said to Be Economic Necessity to Establish Role of Region in Global Marketplace

Press Release
SG/SM/7611

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR ‘FULL, IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION’ OF SHARM EL-SHEIKH UNDERSTANDINGS

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

The Secretary-General is increasingly concerned at the continuing wave of violence in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. He is dismayed by the ongoing loss of innocent lives.

Press Release
SG/SM/7610

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES THORVALD STOLTENBERG CHAIR OF EXPERT GROUP TO REPORT ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN IRAQ

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7609

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS KOSOVO ELECTIONS ‘LANDMARK’, PRAISES KOUCHNER MISSION, KFOR

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

The Secretary-General was gratified that the municipal elections in Kosovo went so peacefully this weekend. They were a landmark in Kosovo’s democratic development.

Press Release
SG/SM/7608

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS TERRORISM AFTER MURDER OF SPANISH JUDGE

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman of Secretary-General Kofi Annan: