| Press Release SG/SM/8875 ECO/39 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS SUSPENSION WITHOUT AGREEMENT OF TRADE TALKS IN CANCÚN
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/8874 AFR/699 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS COUP D’ÉTAT IN GUINEA-BISSAU
The following statement was issued on 14 September by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/8873 IAEA/1358 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES SUPPORT FOR EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS,
ENCOURAGES COUNTRIES TO CONCLUDE SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENTS
Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the forty-seventh General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, delivered today by Nobuyasu Abe, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs:
| Press Release SG/SM/8872 DC/2891 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ACCEPTANCE BY ALL STATES OF CONVENTION AGAINST LANDMINES,
PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO AFFECTED STATES
| Press Release SG/SM/8871 OBV/370 |
CHALLENGE FOR ALL IS TO MANAGE INTERDEPENDENCE IN WAYS THAT ‘BRING PEOPLE IN,
RATHER THAN SHUTTING THEM OUT’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS
Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the first annual Interdependence Day, Philadelphia, delivered today by Edward Mortimer, Director of Communications:
| Press Release SG/SM/8870 L/3052 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ELECTION OF VICTIMS TRUST FUND BOARD
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/8869 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SECURITY COUNCIL’S LIFTING OF SANCTIONS ON LIBYA
Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General welcomes the adoption today by the Security Council of a resolution lifting sanctions against Libya.
| Press Release SG/SM/8868 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ISRAEL TO RECONSIDER EXPULSION DECISION
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General strongly urges the Israeli Government to reconsider the Security Cabinet’s decision in principle to expel President Yasser Arafat. The forcible transfer of President Arafat is dangerous and counter-productive in a situation of tension and instability in the region.
| Press Release SG/SM/8867 PI/1506 |
AIM MUST BE FOR PEOPLE EVERYWHERE TO HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS
Following is the text of the video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifth meeting of the UN Information and Communications Technology Task Force in Geneva, 12 September:
| Press Release SG/SM/8866 |
WE APPROACH OPENING OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY ‘WITH HEAVY HEARTS’,
IN AFTERMATH OF TERRORIST ATTACKS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS
Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the annual interfaith service of commitment to the work of the United Nations at St. Bartholomew's Church, New York, delivered today by Gillian M. Sorensen, Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations:
