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SG/SM/8937-AFR/729
14/10/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8937
AFR/729


SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS INAUGURATION OF NATIONAL TRANSITIONAL


GOVERNMENT AS ‘TURNING POINT’ FOR LIBERIA


Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan on the inauguration of the National Transitional Government of Liberia, as delivered today in Monrovia by Jacques Paul Klein, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Liberia:

SG/SM/8933
10/10/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8933


SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES KILLING OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS


IN ISRAELI INCURSION INTO GAZA STRIP


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


The Secretary-General deplores the killing of Palestinian civilians during the Israeli incursion into Rafah in the Gaza Strip.  Two children were among those killed when the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) fired a missile into a crowded area.

SG/SM/8932-OBV/382
09/10/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8932
OBV/382


SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES WORLD BODY TO CONTINUE SERVING HUMANITY, CONFRONT GLOBAL


THREATS, CONSIDER FURTHER CHANGE, IN UNITED NATIONS DAY MESSAGE


Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on United Nations Day, 24 October:


These are difficult times, for the world and for the United Nations.

SG/SM/8931
09/10/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8931


AS DIFFICULT TIMES STRAIN GLOBAL SYSTEM, SECRETARY-GENERAL LOOKS TO UN ASSOCIATION


OF UNITED STATES TO ‘DO WHAT YOU DO BEST’ –- TELL UN STORY


Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a dinner hosted by the United Nations Association – USA and the Business Council for the United Nations in New York on 8 October: