Press Release SG/SM/7813 AFG/137 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL DISMAYED AT REPORTS OF TALIBAN PROPOSAL
TO ORDER ‘IDENTITY LABELS’ FOR NON-MUSLIM AFGHANS
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Press Release SG/SM/7813 AFG/137 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL DISMAYED AT REPORTS OF TALIBAN PROPOSAL
TO ORDER ‘IDENTITY LABELS’ FOR NON-MUSLIM AFGHANS
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Press Release SG/SM/7812 UNEP/90 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES SPEEDY SIGNATURE, RATIFICATION OF STOCKHOLM
CONVENTION ON PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the opening for signature of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Stockholm, 22-23 May), delivered by Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP):
Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Massachusetts on Saturday afternoon, 19 May.
Press Release SG/SM/7811 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL GIVES COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND
DIPLOMACY, TUFTS UNIVERSITY: 'CONTAINING CLIMATE CHANGE: A GLOBAL CHALLENGE'
Following is the text of the commencement address delivered yesterday by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts:
It gives me great pleasure to join you for this very special day.
On Wednesday, 16 May, Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed Moscow to Geneva, stopping overnight in Amsterdam.
Press Release SG/SM/7810 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY DISTURBED BY DISPROPORTIONATE ISRAELI RESPONSE
TO APPALLING TERRORIST ATTACK
Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the escalation of violence in the Middle East:
I am deeply disturbed by the disproportionate Israeli response to today's appalling terrorist attack in Netanya.
The Secretary-General and Mrs. Nane Annan travelled to Moscow from Brussels on Tuesday, 15 May.
Press Release SG/SM/7809 OBV/213 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY
FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, 22 MAY 2001
Press Release SG/SM/7808 |
POVERTY BIGGEST ENEMY OF HEALTH IN DEVELOPING WORLD,
SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
Following is the statement made today by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, to the fifty-fourth World Health Assembly held in Geneva:
It is a pleasure and an honour for me, as Secretary-General of the United Nations, to appear before this Assembly.
The Secretary-General left New York for Belgium on Saturday, 12 May.