Statements and Messages

15/12/2003

Press Release SG/SM/9078

ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS REQUIRES EVERYONE TO JOIN FORCES,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO POVERTY SOCCER GAME

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the poverty soccer game in Basel today, delivered by Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):

15/12/2003

Press Release SG/SM/9077 IK/412

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS CAPTURE OF SADDAM AN IMPORTANT EVENT

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

The Secretary-General considers that the capture of Saddam Hussein, the epitome of the former regime, is an important event.  It offers an opportunity to give fresh impetus to the search for peace and stability in Iraq, on the basis of an inclusive and fully transparent process.

Following is the text of the lecture by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Global Ethics, entitled “Do We Still Have Universal Values?”, delivered today at Tübingen University, Germany:  

Let me start by thanking Professor Küng –- not only for that very kind introduction, but also for inviting me here to give this lecture.  I was deeply touched when, eighteen months ago in Berlin, he handed me a note asking me to do this as a birthday gift for him, at any time after his 75^th birthday on 19 March 2003.

12/12/2003

Press Release SG/SM/9075 DEV/2450

ANTI-POVERTY GOALS CANNOT BE MET WITHOUT TRUE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO MARRAKESH CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the High-Level Conference on South-South Cooperation in Marrakesh, 16 December:

12/12/2003

Press Release SG/SM/9074 ECO/48

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES GRATITUDE FOR GERMAN SUPPORT OF GLOBAL COMPACT; CALLS

ON BUSINESS, NGOS, GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE STAND FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Following is the text of the toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Global Compact dinner hosted by German Chancellor Schroeder in Berlin on

11 December:

10/12/2003

Press Release SG/SM/9073 AFR/791

SECRETARY-GENERAL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT DISTURBANCES IN LIBERIA

FOLLOWING LAUNCH OF DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION PROGRAMME

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

10/12/2003

Press Release SG/SM/9072 ENV/DEV/745

REAL PROGRESS DEALING WITH CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE URGENTLY NEEDED,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO MEETING OF STATES PARTIES

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, delivered by J. A. Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, in Milan, 10 December:

10/12/2003

Press Release SG/SM/9071 PI/1536 SAG/201

COMMUNITY MULTIMEDIA CENTRES TREMENDOUS PLATFORM FOR DEVELOPMENT, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO GENEVA LAUNCH OF INITIATIVE

10/12/2003

Press Release SG/SM/9070 PI/1535

‘BUILDING AN OPEN, EMPOWERING INFORMATION SOCIETY IS A SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND

ULTIMATELY POLITICAL CHALLENGE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT WORLD SUMMIT

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva today:

10/12/2003

Press Release SG/SM/9069 PI/1534

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES COMMUNICATION WILL ‘BUILD BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING’,

IN MESSAGE TO STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN WORLD SUMMIT EVENT

Following is the text of the message sent today from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to students participating in the World Summit Event for Schools: