Secretary-General: Press Release

The Secretary-General arrived in Rome from Geneva in the evening of Tuesday, 4 April, to hold meetings with Italian officials and then to chair the United Nations Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC) which brings together, twice a year, the heads of all United Nations funds, programmes and agencies.

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SG/SM/7354

SECRETARY-GENERAL, RECEIVING HONORARY CITIZENSHIP OF FLORENCE, PRAISES CITY’S BEAUTY, CULTURE, COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving honorary citizenship of the city of Florence, Italy, on 9 April:

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SG/SM/7353

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED BY AGREEMENT IN EAST TIMOR CONCERNING JUDICIAL, HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS

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

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SG/SM/7352

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF ‘FATHER OF TUNISIA’ HABIB BOURGUIBA

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

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SG/SM/7351

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS EXTREME POVERTY ‘AFFRONT TO OUR COMMON HUMANITY’ IN ADDRESS TO ITALIAN PARLIAMENT

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered to both houses of the Italian Parliament in Rome on 5 April:

The Secretary-General arrived in Geneva in the morning of Tuesday, 4 April.

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SG/SM/7350

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS RECENT ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN HAITI, FOLLOWING MURDER OF DIRECTOR OF ‘RADIO HAITI’

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

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SG/SM/7349

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH ISRAEL’S FOREIGN MINISTER IN GENEVA, WELCOMES ASSURANCES ON SOUTHERN LEBANON

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

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SG/SM/7348

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘COURAGEOUS’ DECISION OF SERB NATIONAL COUNCIL OF GRACANICA TO PARTICIPATE IN KOSOVO BODIES

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

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SG/SM/7347
POP/766

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AIDS IN AFRICA TRAGEDY ON ‘BIBLICAL SCALE’, PROFOUNDLY WELCOMES $57 MILLION GATES FOUNDATION GRANT

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s $57 million grant to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for programmes that will protect African youth against AIDS: