| Press Release SG/SM/9107 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY DEVELOPMENTS ON KOREAN PENINSULA
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/9106 AFR/806 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RETURN OF FORCES NOUVELLES TO COTE D’IVOIRE GOVERNMENT
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/9105 AFG/240 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ATTACKS IN KANDAHAR
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/9104 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES ISLAMABAD MEETINGS GIVE NEW IMPETUS
TO SUSTAINED DIALOGUE BETWEEN INDIA, PAKISTAN
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General welcomes meetings held in Islamabad yesterday and today between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of India with the President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali of Pakistan.
| Press Release SG/SM/9103 AFG/239 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED AT AGREEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN’S NEW CONSTITUTION
The following statement was issued on 4 January by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General was very pleased to learn today of the Constitutional Loya Jirga’s agreement on Afghanistan’s new Constitution. He congratulates the delegates to the Constitutional Loya Jirga on the completion of this difficult and complex process.
| Press Release SG/SM/9102 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES HAITI ON BICENTENNIAL, SAYS INDEPENDENCE
WAS ‘BEGINNING OF THE END’ OF SLAVERY IN AMERICAS
The following statement was issued on 1 January by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/9101 |
CHINA’S ROLE IN GLOBAL EFFORTS FOR PEACE, DEVELOPMENT ‘VITAL’, SAYS
SECRETARY-GENERAL IN NEW YEAR’S GREETING TO CHINESE PEOPLE
Following is the text of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s videotaped greeting to the Chinese people on Chinese New Year (22 January 2004), which aired today,
31 December:
My dear Chinese friends,
I know that your New Year is a special time for all of you.
| Press Release SG/SM/9100 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF JAIME DE PINIES, VETERAN SPANISH
DIPLOMAT, FORMER UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/9099 AFR/804 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY BRUTAL MURDER OF APOSTOLIC NUNCIO IN BURUNDI
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General was deeply shocked and saddened to learn the news of the tragic death of Monsignor Michael Courtney, the Apostolic Nuncio in Burundi, who was brutally murdered during a road ambush today in Minago, about 50 kilometres south of Bujumbura in Bururi province.
| Press Release SG/SM/9098 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY NEWS OF BENIN AIR CRASH,
WHICH KILLED 130, INCLUDING 15 UN PEACEKEEPERS
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn the news of the tragic deaths of over 130 passengers, including 15 United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh, in the air crash near Cotonou, Benin, on 25 December.
