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SG/SM/9245-AFR/893-HR/CN/1077
07/04/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9245
AFR/893
HR/CN/1077


‘risk of genocide remains frightEningly real’, secretary-general tells human


rights commission as he launches action plan to prevent genocide


Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva today:


It is good that we have observed those minutes of silence together.

SG/SM/9243-AFR/890
07/04/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9243
AFR/890


‘we must remember the victims’, says secretary-general in message to headquarters


observance of 10TH anniversary of genocide in rwanda


Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the ceremony and “minute of silence” at United Nations Headquarters marking the tenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, delivered today by Catherine Bertini, Under-Secretary-General for Management:

SG/SM/9239
31/03/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9239


SECRETARY-GENERAL PRESENTS FINAL SETTLEMENT PLAN FOR CYPRUS,


SAYS ‘OFFERS THE BEST AND FAIREST’ CHANCE FOR PEACE


Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the closing of Cyprus talks in Bürgenstock, 31 March:


Thank you all for joining me here this evening.  The hour is late, but the cause is urgent.


The time for negotiation and consultation is over.