Statements and Messages

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED AT DEATH OF JOKE WALLER-HUNTER,

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ARREST WARRANTS, FIRST FROM INTERNATIONAL

CRIMINAL COURT, AS ‘POWERFUL SIGNAL AROUND WORLD’

Five Leaders of Lord’s Resistance Army Accused

Of Crimes against Humanity in Northern Uganda since July 2002

COMMITMENTS MADE AT WORLD SUMMIT REPRESENT BREAKTHROUGH IN FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed on 17 October:

AT CRITICAL MOMENT IN IRAQ ’S HISTORY, EVERY VOTE COUNTS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS IRAQIS ON NATIONAL CONSTITUTION DAY

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Iraqi people on National Constitution Day (13 October), issued today in Lisbon:

STRUGGLE AGAINST VIOLENCE COMMITTED IN NAME OF RELIGION, SECRETARY-GENERAL

URGES ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS ASSOCIATED WITH UNITED NATIONS

WORLD SUMMIT ACHIEVED CONCRETE, SIGNIFICANT GAINS IN HUMAN RIGHTS, RULE OF LAW,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN ADDRESS TO UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA

Following is the address delivered today by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (The New University of Lisbon):

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO FIELD STAFF UNION ’S ANNUAL CONFERENCE,

ASKS FOR COOPERATION IN IMPLEMENTING WORLD SUMMIT DECISIONS

COMMENDING WORK OF UN COMMITTEE ON SECURITY IN CENTRAL AFRICA , SECRETARY-GENERAL

URGES CONTINUED DETERMINATION, POLITICAL WILL

(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL DELIGHTED WITH CONDUCT OF LIBERIAN ELECTIONS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES LIBERIANS TO MAKE FULL USE OF ‘PRECIOUS RIGHT’

TO FREELY CHOOSE THEIR LEADERS

Following is the text of a radio message delivered today by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the elections in Liberia: