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NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, ‘WE CANNOT LET IT PASS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS GREEK CYPRIOT, TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADERS

Following is the text of the opening statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan as delivered at today’s meeting with the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leadership and the foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey in Bürgenstock, Switzerland:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED AT DEATH OF SIR PETER USTINOV

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Bürgenstock, Switzerland:

The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Sir Peter Ustinov, the actor, writer and humanitarian.

IF CONFRONTED TODAY BY NEW RWANDA, CAN WORLD RESPOND EFFECTIVELY?

ASKS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO LONDON FORUM

Following is Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s message to the Rwanda Forum, organized by “Never Again”, the ImperialWarMuseum and the Rwandan Embassy,delivered by Ibrahima Fall, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, in London, 27 March :

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN WORLD HEALTH DAY MESSAGE, SAYS ROAD SAFETY

CAN PREVENT NEEDLESS SUFFERING, BUT DOES NOT HAPPEN BY CHANCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Health Day, observed 7 April:

RWANDA GENOCIDE ‘MUST LEAVE US ALWAYS WITH A SENSE OF BITTER REGRET AND ABIDING

SORROW’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO NEW YORK MEMORIAL CONFERENCE

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the Memorial Conference on the Rwanda Genocide, organized by the Governments of Canada and Rwanda in New York, 26 March:

OVERALL PROGRESS ON MILLENNIUM GOALS UNEVEN AT BEST, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN MESSAGE TO HIGH-LEVEL BEIJING CONFERENCE

STAFF SAFETY ‘IS MY FOREMOST CONCERN’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ON DAY

OF SOLIDARITY WITH DETAINED, MISSING STAFF MEMBERS

Following is the text of remarks today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members:

INTERNET GOVERNANCE ISSUES ARE NUMEROUS AND COMPLEX, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS AT OPENING OF GLOBAL FORUM

Following is the text of remarks today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening session of the Global Forum on Internet Governance:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY DISTURBED AT LOSS OF LIFE IN COTED’IVOIRE DEMONSTRATIONS

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