Statements and Messages

ROAD MAP REMAINS ‘MOST PRACTICAL WAY’ TO ACHIEVE ASPIRATIONS OF ISRAELIS,

PALESTINIANS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

Following is today’s statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of the 2004 session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People:

CHALLENGES OF TODAY’S ‘GLOBAL VILLAGE’ – FEAR, WANT, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

MUST BE ADDRESSED TOGETHER SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT OTTAWA CEREMONY

Following are Secretary-General’s Kofi Annan’s remarks on receiving honorary degrees from Carleton University and the University of Ottawa, in Ottawa on 9 March:

President Van Loon, Rector Patry, Distinguished Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Ladies and gentlemen,

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REDEDICATION TO MISSION OF HALTING,

REVERSING GLOBAL TB INCIDENCE, IN MESSAGE ON WORLD DAY

Following is Secretary General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of World TB Day, observed 24 March:

SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE VITAL PART OF COUNTRY’S HEALING PROCESS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO OPENING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the opening of the buildings of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, delivered by Hans Correll, Legal Counsel of the United Nations, in Freetown, 10 March:

CHALLENGES OF TODAY’S ‘GLOBAL VILLAGE’ –- FEAR, WANT, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGREDATION

MUST BE ADDRESSED TOGETHER SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT OTTAWA CEREMONY

Following are Secretary-General’s Kofi Annan’s remarks on receiving honorary degrees from CarletonUniversity and the University of Ottawa, in Ottawa on 9 March:

President Van Loon, Rector Patry, Distinguished Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Ladies and gentlemen,

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘STRONG AND INVALUABLE’ PARTNERSHIP

BETWEEN CANADA, UN AT OTTAWA WELCOME CEREMONY

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a welcome ceremony hosted by the Governor-General in Ottawa, 8 March:

I am deeply moved by those kind words, and by this warm welcome.

Nane and I always look forward to visiting Canada, even though we don’t come here often enough.

CANADA ‘PILLAR OF SUPPORT’ FOR UN LEADER IN PROMOTING PEACEFUL, GLOBAL

GOVERNANCE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, 9 March:

I am very pleased to be here in Ottawa today, and I thank the Prime Minister most warmly for giving me the opportunity to address you.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘STRONG AND INVALUABLE’ PARTNERSHIP

BETWEEN CANADA, UN AT OTTAWA WELCOME CEREMONY

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a welcome ceremony hosted by the Governor-General in Ottawa, 8 March:

I am deeply moved by those kind words, and by this warm welcome.

Nane and I always look forward to visiting Canada, even though we don’t come here often enough.

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES EXPANDED NATO ENGAGEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN,

STRONGER SUPPORT FOR UN EFFORTS IN AFRICA, HAITI

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening remarks at a meeting with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Parliamentarians in New York, today, 8 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES DEADLY WEEKEND VIOLENCE IN MIDDLE EAST

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General strongly deplores the Israeli military raids that took place yesterday in a densely populated area of the Gaza Strip in which at least 14 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded.  The dead include several children.