Statements and Messages

Press Release
SG/SM/7381
AFR/224

IN APPEAL TO REGIONAL LEADERS, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RETURN TO NORMALCY, RESUMPTION OF PEACE PROCESS IN SIERRA LEONE

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7380

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES MOUNTING VIOLENCE, CASUALTIES IN LEBANON REGION

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7379

STATEMENT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE DEATH OF CARDINAL JOHN O’CONNOR

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7378
AFR/223

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘CONTINUING DELIBERATE ATTACKS’ ON UN PERSONNEL IN SIERRA LEONE

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7377

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘OUTRAGEOUS, CRIMINAL’ ACTS AGAINST UN PEACEKEEPERS IN SIERRA LEONE

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7376
AFR/221

SECRETARY-GENERAL, RECEIVING HONOURARY DEGREE IN YAOUNDE, CAMEROON HIGHLIGHTS KEYS TO AFRICA’S FULL PARTICIPATION IN GLOBAL ECONOMY

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, upon receiving the degree of “Docteur Honoris Causa en Relations Internationales” from the University of Yaounde II, in Yaounde, Cameroon on 2 May:

Press Release
SG/SM/7375

SECRETARY-GENERAL, EXPRESSING GREAT SADNESS AT DEATH OF POUL HARTLING, SAYS UN ‘HAS LOST ONE OF ITS FINEST AND MOST ADMIRED LEADERS’

It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of my friend, colleague and mentor Poul Hartling. As United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1978-1985, he revitalized its mission, and gave it new purpose from the Horn of Africa to Central America and to Viet Nam.

Press Release
SG/SM/7374

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUDAN GOVERNMENT’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF HUMANITARIAN CEASEFIRE, 29 APRIL TO 15 JULY

Expresses Hope that People’s Liberation Movement/Army Will Observe Same Pause

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7373

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES UN REGIONAL HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR DROUGHT IN HORN OF AFRICA

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7372

JOINT MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL, UNESCO, HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, TO MARK WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, 3 MAY 2000

Following is the joint message to mark World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2000, from Secretary-General Kofi Annan, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Koichiro Matsuura, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson: