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GA/PAL/1013
27 June 2006
General AssemblyGA/PAL/1013
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

“SLICING AND SEPARATING” OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY TURNING IT


INTO ISOLATED RESERVATIONS, IMPEDING QUEST FOR STATEHOOD

 

Experts Examine Obstacles to Palestinian Statehood,

As United Nations Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace Continues

SG/SM/10536-DC/3030
26 June 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10536
DC/3030
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

‘UNCONTROLLED SPREAD OF ILLICIT SMALL ARMS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR UNTOLD HUMAN SUFFERING’,


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ON ACCEPTING ‘MILLION FACES CAMPAIGN’ PETITION


Following is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon accepting the Million Faces Campaign Petition, in New York today:

SG/SM/10539-PAL/2053
26 June 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10539
PAL/2053
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

ALARMED ABOUT RECENT EVENTS IN GAZA, ISRAEL, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS


FOR IMMEDIATE, SAFE RELEASE OF CAPTURED ISRAELI SOLDIER

 


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

SG/SM/10537-DC/3031
26 June 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10537
DC/3031
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UN NOT NEGOTIATING ‘GLOBAL GUN BAN’, NOR IS THERE INTENTION TO DENY LAW-ABIDING


CITIZENS RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SMALL ARMS CONFERENCE


States that One Quarter of Estimated

$4 Billion Annual Global Gun Trade Believed to Be Illicit

SG/SM/10538
26 June 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10538
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK IN SRI LANKA


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

SG/SM/10540-IK/551
26 June 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10540
IK/551
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED, SADDENED AT MURDER OF RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS IN IRAQ


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