Statements and Messages

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED AT DEATH OF SIR PETER USTINOV

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

The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Sir Peter Ustinov, the actor, writer and humanitarian.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN WORLD HEALTH DAY MESSAGE, SAYS ROAD SAFETY

CAN PREVENT NEEDLESS SUFFERING, BUT DOES NOT HAPPEN BY CHANCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Health Day, observed 7 April:

RWANDA GENOCIDE ‘MUST LEAVE US ALWAYS WITH A SENSE OF BITTER REGRET AND ABIDING

SORROW’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO NEW YORK MEMORIAL CONFERENCE

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the Memorial Conference on the Rwanda Genocide, organized by the Governments of Canada and Rwanda in New York, 26 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY DISTURBED AT LOSS OF LIFE IN COTED’IVOIRE DEMONSTRATIONS

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

OVERALL PROGRESS ON MILLENNIUM GOALS UNEVEN AT BEST, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN MESSAGE TO HIGH-LEVEL BEIJING CONFERENCE

INTERNET GOVERNANCE ISSUES ARE NUMEROUS AND COMPLEX, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS AT OPENING OF GLOBAL FORUM

Following is the text of remarks today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening session of the Global Forum on Internet Governance:

MULTIFACETED REGIONAL APPROACH NEEDED TO COMBAT SUBREGIONAL, CROSS-BORDER PROBLEMS

IN WEST AFRICA, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE ON ISSUE

Following is the text of remarks today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the open debate of the Security Council on “Ways to combat subregional and cross-border problems in West Africa”:

STAFF SAFETY ‘IS MY FOREMOST CONCERN’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ON DAY

OF SOLIDARITY WITH DETAINED, MISSING STAFF MEMBERS

Following is the text of remarks today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘SHOCKED AND OUTRAGED’ AT KILLING

OF UN MISSION POLICE OFFICERS IN KOSOVO

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

NEW DELHI FORUM OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN WORLD’S COMMITMENT

TO REVERSING GLOBAL TB INCIDENCE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message to the second Stop TB Partners’ Forum in New Delhi, 24 March: