| Press Release SG/SM/9295 IK/437 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL ASSURES OIL-FOR-FOOD INQUIRY
OF FULL COOPERATION OF ALL UN STAFF
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Mrs. Nane Annan travelled to Virginia in the afternoon of Tuesday, 4 May, to receive a humanitarian award from Refugees International, in an event marking that group’s twenty-fifth anniversary, in McLean, Virginia.
| Press Release SG/SM/9294 OBV/1412 PI/1578 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL, MARKING WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION DAY, SAYS AFFORDABLE
TECHNOLOGIES CAN BE EFFECTIVE ENGINES OF SOCIAL, MATERIAL CHANGE
The following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Telecommunication Day, 17 May 2004:
| Press Release SG/SM/9293 |
Secretary-General invokes individual humanity of refugees
at anniversary dinner in his honour
The following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the twenty-fifth anniversary dinner of Refugees International in McLean, Virginia, yesterday, 4 May:
Thank you, Nane. As you say, it is indeed hard to imagine what it is like to be a refugee.
| Press Release SG/SM/9292 |
Press Conference by Middle East Quartet (russian federation, united states,
european union, united nations), New York, 4 May 2004
The Secretary-General: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for waiting. Let me now read you what the Quartet has agreed:
| Press Release SG/SM/9291 ENV/DEV/781 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO CONSULTATION ON EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT, STRESSES LEARNING FROM CHILDHOOD TO UNIVERSITY
The following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message to the International Consultation on Education for Sustainable Development, in Göteborg, Sweden, from 4 to 7 May:
The subject of your meeting is one that should deeply concern us all: the future of our one and only planet.
| Press Release SG/SM/9290 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS UN, EUROPEAN UNION NATURAL PARTNERS
IN MULTILATERAL SYSTEM AS EUROPE CELEBRATES ENLARGEMENT
The following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of European Union enlargement, delivered in New York, yesterday, 3 May, by Shashi Tharoor, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Public Information and Communications:
| Press Release SG/SM/9289 ENV/DEV/780 OBV/420 |
Secretary-General says failure to stop biodiversity loss
toO awful to contemplate
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, on 22 May:
| Press Release SG/SM/9288 OBV/419 |
Secretary-General urges all to recognize and support contributions of family,
in message on international day of families
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of the International Day of Families, 15 May:
| Press Release SG/SM/9287 OBV/418 |
Secretary-General, in message to mark world press freedom day,
stresses need to get out good news, as well as bad
The following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks on World Press Freedom Day, in New York today, 3 May 2004:
