Secretary-General

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPALLED AT ‘INDISCRIMINATE ACT OF TERRORISM’ IN MOSCOW SUBWAY

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY CONCERNED’ ABOUT INCREASING VIOLENCE IN HAITI

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

The Secretary-General has been closely following the situation in Haiti and is deeply concerned about the increasing violence.  Yesterday’s events in the city of Gonaives constitute a further escalation in the violence that is affecting the country.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘PROFOUNDLY SADDENED’ AT LOSS OF LIFE

FROM EARTHQUAKE IN INDONESIA

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

Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday morning, 3 February, to meet with President George W. Bush and other senior US officials, as part of the regular exchanges he holds twice a year with officials in Washington.

REACHING MILLENNIUM GOALS REQUIRES TAPPING HUMAN CREATIVITY, INNOVATION TO FULLEST

EXTENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT LAUNCH OF INTERACADEMY COUNCIL REPORT

Following is the text of opening remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the launch of the InterAcademy Council Report, “Inventing a Better Future:  A Strategy for Building Worldwide Capacities in Science and Technology”, today:

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE WITH UN SECRETARY-GENERAL AND PRESIDENTS

OF CAMEROON, NIGERIA, HELD AT PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA, 31 JANUARY

Following is the bilingual transcript of the stake-out with United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, President Paul Biya of Cameroon, and President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, held 31 January at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew from Brussels to Geneva in the early afternoon of Friday, 30 January.

SECRETARY-GENERAL INVITES GREEK AND TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADERS

TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS IN NEW YORK ON 10 FEBRUARY

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

MULTILATERAL APPROACHES ARE EFFECTIVE IN COUNTERING THREAT OF MASS DESTRUCTION

WEAPONS, BUT SERIOUS GAPS REMAIN, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ADVISORY BOARD

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, in New York today:

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