Secretary-General: Press Release

Press Release
SG/SM/7419

SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOLLOWING FIJI DEVELOPMENTS CLOSELY, APPEALS FOR RESOLUTION ON BASIS OF 1997 CONSTITUTION

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7418
AFR/234

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES POSITIVE RESPONSE OF ERITREA TO OAU APPEAL, URGES ETHIOPIA TO RESPOND IN SAME SPIRIT

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7417

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES AMBUSH SLAYING OF TWO JOURNALISTS IN SIERRA LEONE

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

The Secretary-General was saddened by the news out of Sierra Leone today that two journalists were killed and two more were injured in an ambush launched by suspected members of the Revolutionary United Front.

Press Release
SG/SM/7416

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCERNED OVER FIGHTING ON SRI LANKA’S JAFFNA PENINSULA, WELCOMES PEACE EFFORTS BY NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT DELEGATION

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7415
AFR/233

SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES STRONG SUPPORT FOR OAU CHAIRMAN'S INITIATIVE TO END FIGHTING BETWEEN ERITREA, ETHIOPIA

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7414

SECRETARY-GENERAL DESIGNATES SERGIO VIEIRA DE MELLO SPECIAL ENVOY FOR FIJI

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7413
AFR/232

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY REPORTS FROM SIERRA LEONE OF MUTILATED BODIES FOUND WEARING UN UNIFORMS

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7412

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CAREFULLY FOLLOWING SOUTH LEBANON EVENTS, URGES PARTIES TO EXERCISE MAXIMUM RESTRAINT

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7411
GA/9710

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING PARTICIPANTS AT MILLENNIUM FORUM, CALLS FOR INTENSIFIED 'NGO REVOLUTION'

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's keynote address to the Millennium Forum, delivered this morning:

I am delighted to welcome you all to the United Nations. Warm greetings also to those watching in Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna, Buenos Aires, Chicago -- and on the Web.

Press Release
SG/SM/7410
AFR/231

SECRETARY-GENERAL, 'IMMENSELY SADDENED AT RESUMPTION OF INCOMPREHENSIBLE WAR', URGES ETHIOPIA, ERITREA TO CONCLUDE IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE

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