Statements and Messages

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES KILLING OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS

IN ISRAELI INCURSION INTO GAZA STRIP

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

The Secretary-General deplores the killing of Palestinian civilians during the Israeli incursion into Rafah in the Gaza Strip.  Two children were among those killed when the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) fired a missile into a crowded area.

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES WORLD BODY TO CONTINUE SERVING HUMANITY, CONFRONT GLOBAL

THREATS, CONSIDER FURTHER CHANGE, IN UNITED NATIONS DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on United Nations Day, 24 October:

These are difficult times, for the world and for the United Nations.

AS DIFFICULT TIMES STRAIN GLOBAL SYSTEM, SECRETARY-GENERAL LOOKS TO UN ASSOCIATION

OF UNITED STATES TO ‘DO WHAT YOU DO BEST’ –- TELL UN STORY

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a dinner hosted by the United Nations Association – USA and the Business Council for the United Nations in New York on 8 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS LATEST TERRORIST INCIDENTS IN IRAQ,

REMAINS ‘GREATLY CONCERNED’ AT SECURITY SITUATION

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES VITAL ROLE OF GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS IN MESSAGE

TO AFRICARE DINNER HONOURING BILL AND MELINDA GATES

Following is the message to be delivered this evening by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 2003 Africare Bishop Walker Dinner in Washington, D.C.:

GLOBAL COMPACT SEEKS SOLUTIONS TO SOCIETAL PROBLEMS, WHILE ENSURING GLOBALIZATION

WORKS FOR ALL, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT U.S. BUSINESS COUNCIL DINNER

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the dinner hosted by the United StatesCouncil for International Business, in honour of Charles [Chad] Holliday, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dupont, in New York, on 7 October:

TRUE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE NEEDED TO WIN FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD FOOD DAY MESSAGE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Food Day, observed 16 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SIGNING OF AGREEMENT ON POWER-SHARING IN BURUNDI

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO ENSURE SOCIAL JUSTICE, FURTHER

DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, IN MESSAGE TO CONSULTATIVE MEETING ON BOLIVIA

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifteenth Consultative Group meeting on Bolivia, taking place in Paris from 8 to 9 October, delivered by Carlos Felipe Martinez, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bolivia:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES GREEN CROSS FOUNDING PRESIDENT MIKHAIL GORBACHEV

FOR LEADERSHIP, ‘TIRELESS WORK FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE’

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Green Cross International and Global Green USA, in New York on 7 October: