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SG/SM/9907-AFR/1178
2/6/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9907
AFR/1178

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON CÔTE D’IVOIREVILLAGE

 


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


The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack by Ivorian armed elements on the village of Guetrozon near Douékoué in western Côte d’Ivoire on 31 May and 1 June, which has reportedly resulted in the deaths of at least 41 people.

SG/SM/9904
2/6/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9904

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS KILLING

 

OF PROMINENT LEBANESE JOURNALIST IN BEIRUT


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


The Secretary-General strongly condemns the killing, in a bomb blast in Beirut, of Samir Kassir, a prominent and outspoken Lebanese journalist, and another person in Beirut earlier today.  He expresses his condolences to the families of both victims.

SG/SM/9903-AIDS/100-GA/10352
02/06/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9903/Rev.1*
AIDS/100/Rev.1*
GA/10352/Rev.1*

GLOBAL RESPONSE TO HIV/AIDS SIGNIFICANT, BUT INSUFFICIENT TO SCALE


OF EPIDEMIC, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO HIGH-LEVEL UN MEETING


Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, in New York, 2 June:


Four years ago, the United Nations General Assembly met in a special session and unanimously committed itself to addressing the scourge of HIV/AIDS.

SG/SM/9902
02/06/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9902

SECRETARY-GENERAL THANKS HISTORY PROJECT FOR TIMELY PUBLICATION OF ‘UN VOICES’,


‘THE POWER OF UN IDEAS’ DURING IMPORTANT YEAR OF ORGANIZATION


Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at an event to mark the publication of two volumes by the United Nations Intellectual History Project, in New York, 1 June:


It is a great pleasure for Nane and me to be here.

SG/T/2449

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Khartoum, Sudan, for a three-day visit on Friday, 27 May, from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  On arrival, he told the waiting press that he expected that, after his visits to Darfur and the south, he would “have a better sense, a first hand impression, of what is going on in the country”.