Statements and Messages


SG/SM/9478-GA/PAL/967
13/09/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9478
GA/PAL/967

IN MESSAGE TO CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES FREEZE ON ISRAELI


SETTLEMENTS, RESTRUCTURING OF PALESTINIAN SECURITY TO CONFRONT TERROR GROUPS


Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People, delivered today by Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs:

SG/SM/9474
13/09/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9474

Secretary-General saddened at death of Petros VII,

 

Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa

 


The following statement was issued on 11 September by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan


The Secretary-General is saddened to learn of the death of His Beatitude Petros VII, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, in a helicopter crash this morning in Greece.

SG/SM/9473
10/09/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9473

Secretary-General praises global festival’s commitment to peace,


understanding in message to first world culture open

 


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the World Culture Open (WCO), delivered by Maurice Strong, Special Adviser and Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, in New York, 10 September:

SG/SM/9471-ENV/DEV/792-OBV/434
09/09/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9471
ENV/DEV/792
OBV/434

Secretary-General says success of Montreal protocol protecting ozone layer


should inspire parties to other environmental agreements

 


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, observed 16 September:

SG/SM/9467
08/09/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9467

Secretary-General in Mexico City address praises Latin America’s democratic,


development gains, says future challenges demand ‘more democracy, not less’


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the opening ceremony of the International Seminar on Democracy, Politics and the State in Mexico City, 8 September: