Secretary-General: Press Release

Press Release
SG/SM/7627

‘DON’T GIVE UP ON AFRICA’ PLEADS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE OF BROADCAST NEWS EXECUTIVES

Sporadic Coverage of ‘Convulsion’ Said to Be Misleading; Needs of Continent, Efforts at Self-Help Deserving More Attention

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SG/SM/7626
PI/1307

NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HAS ENORMOUS POTENTIAL TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND HELP ERADICATE POVERTY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address this morning to the United Nations World Television Forum 2000:

Press Release
SG/A/750
BIO/3330*

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS LEGWAILA JOSEPH LEGWAILA (BOTSWANA) AS HIS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ETHIOPIA, ERITREA

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

The Secretary-General arrived in Qatar from Bahrain late in the afternoon of Saturday, 11 November.

Press Release
SG/SM/7625

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, REFLECTS ON HUMANITARIAN IMPACT OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS

Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the dinner of the International Rescue Committee honouring John Whitehead, in New York on 15 November:

Press Release
SG/SM/7624

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PLANET PROJECT WORLD INTERACTIVE POLL

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7623
OBV/177

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AIDS MUST NOT BE DISMISSED AS ‘SOMEONE ELSE’S ISSUE’; STRESSES NEED TO SUPPORT THOSE LIVING WITH AIDS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for World AIDS Day, which is observed on 1 December:

The Secretary-General arrived in Manama, Bahrain from Geneva late on Friday, 10 November.

The Secretary-General departed for Geneva on Tuesday, 7 November, where he arrived on Wednesday morning.

Press Release
SG/SM/7622

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES NEW BAHRAIN UN HOUSE WILL SIGNAL ‘NEW AND EVEN BETTER' CHAPTER IN RELATIONS BETWEEN ORGANIZATION AND BAHRAIN

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of the Bahrain United Nations House, which were made on Saturday, 11 November: