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SG/SM/8223
06/05/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8223


MOST COURAGEOUS ARE OFTEN ORDINARY PEOPLE STRUGGLING AGAINST POVERTY, INJUSTICE


SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, UPON RECEIVING ‘PROFILE IN COURAGE’ AWARD


Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the “Profile in Courage” Award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation in Boston on 6 May:

SG/SM/8222
06/05/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8222


SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CHILDREN, ‘YOUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD’ AT SPECIAL SESSION,


IN REMARKS TO CHILDREN’S FORUM


Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered in New York on 5 May to the Children’s Forum, held before the General Assembly Special Session on Children:


Welcome to the United Nations.  This is a very special occasion to help us prepare for a very special session.

SG/T/2322

The Secretary-General, accompanied by his Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Terje Roed-Larsen, travelled to Washington, D.C. in the afternoon of Thursday, 2 May, for discussions with the so-called “Quartet” on the situation in the Middle East.

SG/SM/8220
02/05/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8220


SECRETARY-GENERAL DISBANDING JENIN FACT-FINDING TEAM


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

SG/SM/8219-SC/7387
02/05/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8219
SC/7387


SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES TO SEE ‘DECISIVE PROGRESS’ IN UPCOMING CYPRUS TALKS


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


Alvaro de Soto, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus, briefed the members of the Security Council this afternoon on talks in Cyprus between

SG/SM/8217-OBV/270
29/04/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8217
OBV/270


JOINT MESSAGE FOR WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, 3 MAY, BY UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-


GENERAL, DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNESCO, UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS


This year, World Press Freedom Day is devoted to the question of terrorism and media freedom.  Above all, it is dedicated to those courageous journalists who put themselves at serious risk, and sometimes pay the highest penalty, by exercising their profession.