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SG/SM/9832
21/04/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9832

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES CALL FOR RESTRAINT, DIALOGUE IN ECUADOR,


AS VICE-PRESIDENT ASSUMES PRESIDENCY

 


The following statement was issued on 20 April by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:


The Secretary-General has learned that the Vice-President of Ecuador, Alfredo Palacio, has assumed the functions of the presidency.

SG/SM/9830
19/04/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9830

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES POPE BENEDICT XVI, WISHES HIM


STRENGTH, COURAGE IN ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITIES


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


The Secretary-General congratulates His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on his assumption of the papacy.  His Holiness brings a wealth of experience to this exalted office.

SG/SM/9822
18/4/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9822

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DIALOGUE TO RESOLVE ECUADOR’S CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS


The following statement was issued on Saturday, 16 April, by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:


The Secretary-General is following with concern the latest developments in Ecuador.  The present crisis may aggravate an already unstable situation.

SG/SM/9829-ENV/DEV/843
18/04/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9829
ENV/DEV/843

‘PIECES IN PLACE’ ON GLOBAL DEAL TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS,


SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS TO HEADQUARTERS PANEL

 


Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the panel of finance and development cooperation ministers and experts, held as part of the Commission on Sustainable Development, in New York, 18 April:

SG/SM/9823-ECO/82
18/04/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9823
ECO/82

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE WORLD FREER, FAIRER, SAFER ‘MUST NOT BE MISSED’,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS TO FINANCE OFFICALS IN WASHINGTON

 


Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a dinner with International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Committees, in Washington, D.C., on Saturday 16 April:

SG/SM/9828-ECOSOC/6150
18/04/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9828
ECOSOC/6150

EXPECTATIONS OF MOMENTOUS DECISIONS HIGH, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS


AT OPENING OF HIGH-LEVEL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL MEETING


There Is Widespread ‘If Not Now, When?’ Feeling, He Tells

World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization Delegates


Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening statement at the special high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council, in New York, today, 18 April: