Statements and Messages

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

The Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Cyprus, Alvaro de Soto, is on his way to the island.

Press Release
SG/SM/7319
AFG/114

HIGH-LEVEL MEETING OF 'SIX PLUS TWO' GROUP ON AFGHANISTAN DISCUSSES DRUGS EMANATING FROM THAT COUNTRY

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7318

PARTNERSHIP WITH CIVIL SOCIETY NECESSITY IN ADDRESSING GLOBAL AGENDA, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND REMARKS

Following are the remarks prepared for delivery by the Secretary-General to civil society in Wellington, New Zealand, on 23 February:

Press Release
SG/SM/7316
DEV/2232

IN ADDRESS TO UNDP RESIDENT COORDINATORS, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR 'EXPERIMENT AND CREATIVITY' IN DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Global Meeting of Resident Coordinators, delivered in Glen Cove, New York, on 28 February:

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SG/SM/7315
AFR/212

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE TO BURUNDI NEGOTIATORS MEETING IN ARUSHA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the plenary session of the Negotiations for a Peaceful Settlement in Burundi, delivered on his behalf by Berhanu Dinka, Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region, in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, on 21 February:

Press Release
SG/SM/7314

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO SIGVARD EKLUND OF SWEDEN, FORMER HEAD OF ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, WHO HAS DIED AT 89

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

Sigvard Eklund of Sweden, who headed the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1961 to 1981, has died at the age of 89.

Press Release
SG/SM/7313

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES TERRORIST ACTS IN SPAIN

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7312

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES EXPANDED SENSE OF `NATIONAL INTEREST' IN ADDRESS TO AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL PRESS CLUB

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on 22 February:

Press Release
SG/SM/7311
OBV/130

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF UPHOLDING DIVERSITY OF LOCAL LANGUAGES

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message for International Mother Language Day, which is being observed today:

Press Release
SG/SM/7310
AFR/211

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY DISTRESSED BY DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY FLOODS IN MOZAMBIQUE

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