Statements and Messages

SECRETARY-GENERAL THANKS WINNERS OF ‘UN 21’ AWARDS

FOR HELPING RENEW, STRENGTHEN ORGANIZATION

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks on the occasion of the UN 21 Awards in New York, 19 March:

Dear colleagues, let me tell you how happy I am to join you at this UN 21 award ceremony and to be able to meet the winners.

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES CALL FOR RATIFICATION OF KYOTO PROTOCOL ON TENTH

ANNIVERSARY OF CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION’S ENTRY INTO FORCE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 21 March 2004:

AS PAN AFRICAN PARLIAMENT HOLDS INAUGURAL MEETING, SECRETARY-GENERAL

OFFERS CONGRATULATIONS, UN ASSISTANCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the inaugural meeting of the Pan African Parliament of the African Union, delivered by Tuliameni Kalomoh, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in Addis Ababa, 18 March:

KOSOVO’S LEADERS MUST WORK WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND EACH OTHER TO RESTORE

CALM, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council on the situation in Kosovo today:

CYPRUS TALKS WILL CONTINUE 24 MARCH AT BÜRGENSTOCK, SWITZERLAND

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS VIOLENCE IN KOSOVO

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

AT CORE OF ALL RELIGIONS ARE VALUES OF COMPASSION, DECENCY, RESPECT FOR OTHERS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT LECTURE BY ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU

Following is the text of introductory remarks by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan at the lecture on “God’s Word and World Politics” by Archbishop Desmond Tutu today:

Archbishop Tutu, let me say how wonderful it is to have you here.

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR GLOBAL CONSENSUS ON MAJOR THREATS,

POLICIES TO ADDRESS THEM, IN NEW YORK REMARKS

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening remarks in conversation with Richard N. Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, for the David A. Morse Lecture:  “The UN and global security in the 21^st century”, in New York, on 16 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO ANNUAL DIPLOMACY LECTURE, PRAISES SENATOR

JESSE HELMS FOR FOSTERING STRONGER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US, UN

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message to the first Helms International Diplomacy Lecture in Washington, D.C., 15 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘STRONGLY CONDEMNS’ DOUBLE SUICIDE BOMBING IN ASHDOD, ISRAEL

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