Secretary-General expresses concern over escalation in southern kyrgyzstan

 

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is very concerned at the recent escalation of serious incidents in southern Kyrgyzstan, where protestors have clashed with police and seized government offices in the towns of Osh and Jalal-Abad.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS BOMB ATTACK IN PAKISTAN; APPEALS

FOR CALM IN FACE OF ‘BRAZEN AND COWARDLY ACT’

 

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

The Secretary-General is outraged at reports of a bomb attack in a shrine in Baluchistanprovince of Pakistan that has killed a large number of people.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 21 MARCH 2005

The Secretary-General: Let me first wish our Iranian and Kurdish friends a

very Happy New Year -- Nowrooz Mubarak.

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPECTS FULL WITHDRAWAL OF ALL SYRIAN TROOPS

FROM LEBANON BEFORE LEBANESE ELECTIONS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONVENING OF TRANSITIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY of IRAQ

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

MAJOR EFFORTS NEEDED TO BETTER MANAGE WORLD’S WATER – ‘OUR LIFELINE FOR SURVIVAL’

 

IN 21^ST CENTURY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for World Water Day, observed 22 March:

‘NO ONE CAN BE NEUTRAL’ IN FIGHT AGAINST VIRUS OF RACISM,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

Following is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed 21 March:

MUCH OF UN MISSION DIRECT RESPONSE TO HORRORS OF NAZISM, HOLOCAUST,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT JERUSALEM DINNER

 

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a dinner hosted by Moshe Katsav, President of Israel, in Jerusalem, 15 March:

It is a great pleasure to be here, and I would like to express my gratitude to the Government and people of Israel for the warm welcome they have extended to all of us.

UN HAS ‘SACRED RESPONSIBILITY’ TO COMBAT HATRED, INTOLERANCE, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT JERUSALEM HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL

Following are United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the inauguration of the Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem, in Jerusalem, 15 March:

I would like to thank the Government of Israel and Yad Vashem for inviting us to this ceremony.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR BROAD MOBILIZATION OF RESOURCES

IN FIGHT AGAINST TB, IN MESSAGE ON WORLD DAY

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World TB Day, observed 24 March: