SECRETARY-GENERAL, NOTING SYRIAN PRESIDENT’S SPEECH, DISPATCHES ENVOY

TO BEIRUT, DAMASCUS TO DISCUSS SECURITY COUNCIL Resolution 1559

 

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 5 March, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General took note of the speech delivered today in Damascus by the Syrian President, Dr. Bashar Al Assad, and will study it carefully.

NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY ‘TRUE CORNERSTONE’ OF GLOBAL SECURITY,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERALON AGREEMENT’S THIRTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), issued in New York, 4 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH HIS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

 

TO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

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

IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES NEED FOR TARGETED

ACTION TO CHANGE HISTORICAL LEGACY PUTTING WOMEN AT DISADVANTAGE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REINING IN OF MILITIAS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

 

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

EDUCATION, GENDER EQUALITY TOGETHER MUST BE GIVEN PRIORITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE ON GENDER PARITY

 

Following is the text of the video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the Conference on Gender Parity in Education, Washington, D.C., 2 March:

Dear friends,

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES BURUNDI FOR SUCCESSFUL REFERENDUM ON CONSTITUTION

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

The Secretary-General would like to congratulate warmly the Transitional Government of Burundi and the Burundian people for the successful conduct of the referendum on the post-transitional constitution, which took place yesterday, 28 February 2005.

CITING POTENTIAL FOR PEACE, SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES UN SUPPORT FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE,

SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT AT MEETING TO SUPPORT PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting in support of the Palestinian Authority in London:

All of us are here today to express our full and strong support for the reform efforts of the Palestinian Authority.

FATE OF TERRORIST ATTACK SURVIVORS TOO OFTEN NEGLECTED, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN MESSAGE TO BOOK LAUNCH MEETING

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting to launch the book “The Trauma of Terrorism”, delivered today by Danilo Türk, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS SUICIDE CAR BOMBING IN IRAQ

 

‘IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS’

 

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