The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, upon receiving the degree of Docteur Honoris Causa en Relations Internationales from the University of Yaounde II, in Yaounde, Cameroon on 2 May:
It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of my friend, colleague and mentor Poul Hartling. As United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1978-1985, he revitalized its mission, and gave it new purpose from the Horn of Africa to Central America and to Viet Nam.
The Secretary-General travelled to Bangui from Gabon in the afternoon of Sunday, 30 April, to begin the first-ever visit of a United Nations Secretary- General to the Central African Republic.
The Secretary-General arrived in Libreville, Gabon, in the evening of Friday, 28 April.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Banjul in the morning of Friday, 28 April, for the first-ever visit by a Secretary-General to the Gambia.
Expresses Hope that Peoples Liberation Movement/Army Will Observe Same Pause
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
