Secretary-General: Press Release

Press Release
SG/SM/7380

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES MOUNTING VIOLENCE, CASUALTIES IN LEBANON REGION

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7379

STATEMENT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE DEATH OF CARDINAL JOHN O’CONNOR

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

The Secretary-General arrived in Yaoundé, Cameroon, in the evening of Monday, 1 May.

Press Release
SG/SM/7378
AFR/223

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘CONTINUING DELIBERATE ATTACKS’ ON UN PERSONNEL IN SIERRA LEONE

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7377

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘OUTRAGEOUS, CRIMINAL’ ACTS AGAINST UN PEACEKEEPERS IN SIERRA LEONE

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7376
AFR/221

SECRETARY-GENERAL, RECEIVING HONOURARY DEGREE IN YAOUNDE, CAMEROON HIGHLIGHTS KEYS TO AFRICA’S FULL PARTICIPATION IN GLOBAL ECONOMY

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, upon receiving the degree of “Docteur Honoris Causa en Relations Internationales” from the University of Yaounde II, in Yaounde, Cameroon on 2 May:

Press Release
SG/SM/7375

SECRETARY-GENERAL, EXPRESSING GREAT SADNESS AT DEATH OF POUL HARTLING, SAYS UN ‘HAS LOST ONE OF ITS FINEST AND MOST ADMIRED LEADERS’

It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of my friend, colleague and mentor Poul Hartling. As United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1978-1985, he revitalized its mission, and gave it new purpose from the Horn of Africa to Central America and to Viet Nam.

Press Release
SG/A/731/Rev.1*
REC/88/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS DANUTA HUBNER OF POLAND EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

Press Release
SG/A/731
REC/88

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS DANUTA HUBNER OF POLAND EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

The Secretary-General travelled to Bangui from Gabon in the afternoon of Sunday, 30 April, to begin the first-ever visit of a United Nations Secretary- General to the Central African Republic.