Secretary-General


SG/SM/8908-AFR/712
29/09/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8908
AFR/712


MUCH GREATER EFFORTS NEEDED, OR ‘FEW AFRICAN COUNTRIES WILL MEET EVEN SOME’


MILLENNIUM GOALS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS TOKYO CONFERENCE ON AFRICA


Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the third Tokyo International Conference on African Development, delivered today by Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa:

SG/SM/8901-AFR/710
25/09/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8901
AFR/710


SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO,


SAYS REAL HOPE EXISTS FOR PEACE, BUT ENORMOUS CHALLENGES LIE AHEAD


Following is the opening statement delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the high-level meeting on the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

SG/SM/8900
25/09/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8900


SECRETARY-GENERAL MOURNS DEATH OF EDWARD SAID


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

SG/SM/8899-IK/395
25/09/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8899
IK/395


SECRETARY-GENERAL ORDERS DOWNSIZING OF UN STAFF IN IRAQ


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


The Secretary-General, on the advice of his Security Coordinator, has ordered a temporary redeployment of United Nations international staff in Iraq.