Statements and Messages

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DESTRUCTION OF MINE STOCKPILES, IN MESSAGE

TO SIXTH MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO ANTI-LANDMINE CONVENTION

Holding Talks in Croatia Underscores

Magnitude of Long-lasting Humanitarian Impact of Mines, He Says

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED BY OPENING OF GAZA-EGYPT BORDER CROSSING,

HOPES COOPERATION WILL MARK OTHER DISENGAGEMENT ISSUES

The following statement was issued on 25 November by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL PROCESSES CAN IMPACT HUMAN SECURITY POSITIVELY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PARTIES TO CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES NEPAL UNDERSTANDING AIMED AT RESTORING

MULTIPARTY DEMOCRACY, READY TO ASSIST IN RESOLVING CONFLICT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR CLOSER COOPERATION IN MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE

ON AMENDED PROTOCOL II TO CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES LIBERIA ’S ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF AS AFRICA ’S

FIRST WOMAN HEAD OF STATE, FOLLOWING ELECTIONS COMMISSION ANNOUNCEMENT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY, SAYS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

ATROCIOUS MANIFESTATION OF CONTINUED SYSTEMATIC DISCRIMINATION, INEQUALITY

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES EXCHANGE OF FIRE ACROSS ‘BLUE LINE’

SEPARATING ISRAEL-LEBANON, APPEALS FOR CALM

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

RELIEF, RECOVERY, RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS MUST BE CARRIED OUT IN PARALLEL,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS DONOR CONFERENCE ON POST-QUAKE REHABILITATION

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN WORLD AIDS DAY MESSAGE, DESCRIBES HALTING PANDEMIC

AS PREREQUISITE FOR REACHING OTHER MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World AIDS Day, to be observed on 1 December: