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SG/SM/8864

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY SADDENED’ AT DEATH OF ANNA LINDH, FOREIGN MINISTER OF SWEDEN

11/09/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8864


SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY SADDENED’ AT DEATH OF ANNA LINDH,

FOREIGN MINISTER OF SWEDEN


Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of Anna Lindh:


I was shocked and deeply saddened this morning to learn of the death of Anna Lindh, the minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden.

SG/SM/8861-OBV/369

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES IMPRESSIVE, GLOBAL RESPONSE TO OZONE LAYER DESTRUCTION, BUT WARNS ‘CANNOT BE COMPLACENT’, IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

10/09/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8861
OBV/369


SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES IMPRESSIVE, GLOBAL RESPONSE TO OZONE LAYER DESTRUCTION,

BUT WARNS ‘CANNOT BE COMPLACENT’, IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, observed 16 September:

SG/SM/8860

DEMOCRACY CANNOT BE IMPOSED FROM ABROAD, BUT INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS CAN ENCOURAGE, ASSIST SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MONGOLIA CONFERENCE

10/09/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8860


DEMOCRACY CANNOT BE IMPOSED FROM ABROAD, BUT INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS CAN ENCOURAGE, ASSIST SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MONGOLIA CONFERENCE


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Fifth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies, delivered by Danilo Türk, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 10-12 September:

SG/SM/8859-TAD/1951

IN MESSAGE TO WTO CONFERENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON TRADE MINISTERS TO ADDRESS NEEDS OF WORLD’S POOREST

10/09/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8859
TAD/1951


IN MESSAGE TO WTO CONFERENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON TRADE MINISTERS

TO ADDRESS NEEDS OF WORLD’S POOREST


Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Cancun, delivered today by Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development:


The rhetoric of global trade is filled with promise.

SG/SM/8858

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS TERROR ATTACKS IN ISRAEL

09/09/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8858


SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS TERROR ATTACKS IN ISRAEL


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


The Secretary-General condemns today’s two terror attacks by suicide bombers near Tel Aviv and in Jerusalem, in which at least 12 people were killed and many others injured.  He conveys his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and to the Government of Israel.