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urgent need to protect, sustainably manage oceans and seas,

Secretary-General says in world environment day message

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Environment Day, 5 June 2004:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY DISTURBED BY ALARMING VIOLENCE IN GAZACITY

Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER REPORTS

OF GROWING COMMUNAL CLASHES IN NIGERIA

Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is deeply concerned over reports of growing communal clashes in Nigeria, and condemns the attacks in the village of Yelwa in PlateauState where hundreds of people lost their lives last week.

DESPITE SEA-CHANGE IN GLOBAL ATTITUDES, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES STILL SUFFER

FROM PREJUDICE AND ILL-WILL, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PERMANENT FORUM

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the opening of the third session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on 10 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL dismayed by terrorist attack in chechnya

Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT CONSTANT SOURCE OF INSPIRATION TO ALL WHO WORK AT UN,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN VIDEO MESSAGE ON RECEIPT OF FOUR FREEDOMS AWARD

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message on receipt of the Four Freedoms Award, which was presented at a ceremony in Middleburg, Netherlands, on 8 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL appalled by mosque terror attack in pakistan

The following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is appalled by the news of yet another attack in a place of worship, this time in a mosque in the city of Karachi in Pakistan, which has reportedly killed about a dozen innocent worshippers and wounded about 100 more.

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.

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: