Secretary-General: Press Release

Press Release
SG/SM/7271

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RESTORATION OF RELATIONS BETWEEN INDONESIA AND PORTUGAL

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the restoration of relations between Indonesia and Portugal, which the two nations announced at United Nations Headquarters this morning.

Press Release
SG/SM/7270
AFR/198

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS USE OF ARMED FORCE IN COTE D’IVOIRE, CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE RETURN TO CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER

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

The Secretary-General is dismayed at the reports from Abidjan of attempts at a coup d’etat in Côte d’Ivoire.

Press Release
SG/SM/7269

SECRETARY-GENERAL, COMMENDING EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS OF DR. KOUCHNER, REAFFIRMS TOTAL CONFIDENCE IN KOSOVO SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

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

Press Release
SG/A/717

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NEW PERSONAL ENVOY FOR TALKS BETWEEN GREECE, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

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

The Secretary-General has accepted the resignation of Cyrus Vance, his Personal Envoy for the Greece-FYROM talks. Mr. Vance resigned for personal reasons.

Press Release
SG/SM/7268
AFR/197

PHASED WITHDRAWAL OF CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC MISSION BEGINS; SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES PEACE-BUILDING SUPPORT OFFICE

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7267

UNITED NATIONS WELCOMES FRANCE’S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT DESTRUCTION OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINE STOCKPILES HAS BEEN COMPLETED

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

The United Nations welcomes the announcement by the Government of France that it has completed the destruction of its stockpiles of anti-personnel mines, in compliance with the Ottawa Convention.

Press Release
SG/SM/7266

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF LOSS OF LIFE AND DEVASTATION CAUSED BY FLOODS IN VENEZUELA

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7265

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROFOUNDLY SHOCKED TO LEARN ABOUT INDISCRIMINATE TERRORIST ACT AGAINST PRESIDENT OF SRI LANKA

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7264
OBV/129

SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES BIODIVERSITY CONVENTION PROGRESS, THREATS TO ECOSYSTEMS, IN BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for Biological Diversity, which is observed 29 December:

Press Release
SG/SM/7263
AFR/196

KOFI ANNAN EMPHASIZES COMMITMENT TO ENABLING UN NEVER AGAIN TO FAIL IN PROTECTING CIVILIAN POPULATION FROM GENOCIDE OR MASS SLAUGHTER

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on receiving the report of the independent inquiry into the actions of the United Nations during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda: