Statements and Messages

Press Release
SG/SM/7620
ENV/DEV/552

RADICAL CHANGES IN WORLD ECONOMY NEEDED IF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TO BE BROUGHT DOWN TO SUSTAINABLE LEVEL, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message to the Sixth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which is being held in The Hague from 13 to 24 November:

Press Release
SG/SM/7619

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES AT DEATH OF LEAH RABIN, PRAISES COURAGE, CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7618

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES GOVERNMENT OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA TO TAKE NECESSARY MEASURES TO ENSURE SECURITY OF PRISONERS

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7617

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT HEADQUARTERS, 7 NOVEMBER 2000

- 2 - Press Release SG/SM/7617 7 November 2000

Press Release
SG/SM/7616

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES APPOINTMENT BY UNITED STATES PRESIDENT OF FACT- FINDING COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SHARM EL-SHEIKH SUMMIT

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7615
OBV/176

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR COMMITMENT TO ‘AN ACTIVE TOLERANCE THAT ALLOWS HUMAN BEINGS TO ACCEPT, RESPECT, AND LIVE WITH ONE ANOTHER IN PEACE’

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the International Day of Tolerance, which is observed on 16 November:

Press Release
SG/SM/7614

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER OF ISRAEL

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7613

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT FLAG RAISING FOR FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA, SPEAKS OF MILESTONE ON PASSAGE OF BALKANS TOWARDS DEMOCRACY

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the flag raising ceremony for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, upon its admission to the United Nations:

Press Release
SG/SM/7612

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES FREE TRADE INITIATIVE BY COMMUNITY OF EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA STATES

Cooperation of Government, Private Sector Said to Be Economic Necessity to Establish Role of Region in Global Marketplace

Press Release
SG/SM/7611

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR ‘FULL, IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION’ OF SHARM EL-SHEIKH UNDERSTANDINGS

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

The Secretary-General is increasingly concerned at the continuing wave of violence in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. He is dismayed by the ongoing loss of innocent lives.