Statements and Messages

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES FACT-FINDING TEAM HAS ARRIVED IN BAGHDAD

The following statement by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan was issued by the Spokesman on 7 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘PROFOUNDLY SADDENED’ AT LOSS OF LIFE

FROM EARTHQUAKE IN INDONESIA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPALLED AT ‘INDISCRIMINATE ACT OF TERRORISM’ IN MOSCOW SUBWAY

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY CONCERNED’ ABOUT INCREASING VIOLENCE IN HAITI

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

The Secretary-General has been closely following the situation in Haiti and is deeply concerned about the increasing violence.  Yesterday’s events in the city of Gonaives constitute a further escalation in the violence that is affecting the country.

UN STRONGLY COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH LIBERIANS TO ESTABLISH RULE OF LAW, PROMOTE

TRANSPARENCY, PURSUE JUSTICE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE

Following is the text of opening remarks, as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the International Reconstruction Conference on Liberia, in New York today:

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE WITH UN SECRETARY-GENERAL AND PRESIDENTS

OF CAMEROON, NIGERIA, HELD AT PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA, 31 JANUARY

Following is the bilingual transcript of the stake-out with United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, President Paul Biya of Cameroon, and President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, held 31 January at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

REACHING MILLENNIUM GOALS REQUIRES TAPPING HUMAN CREATIVITY, INNOVATION TO FULLEST

EXTENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT LAUNCH OF INTERACADEMY COUNCIL REPORT

Following is the text of opening remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the launch of the InterAcademy Council Report, “Inventing a Better Future:  A Strategy for Building Worldwide Capacities in Science and Technology”, today:

MULTILATERAL APPROACHES ARE EFFECTIVE IN COUNTERING THREAT OF MASS DESTRUCTION

WEAPONS, BUT SERIOUS GAPS REMAIN, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ADVISORY BOARD

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, in New York today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL INVITES GREEK AND TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADERS

TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS IN NEW YORK ON 10 FEBRUARY

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

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