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SG/SM/8823-IK/376
19/08/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8823
IK/376


VIEIRA DE MELLO’S DEATH ‘BITTER BLOW’ FOR UNITED NATIONS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL


The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was issued today at Headquarters:


The loss of Sergio Vieira de Mello is a bitter blow for the United Nations, and for me personally.

SG/SM/8820-AFR/689
18/08/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8820
AFR/689


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LIBERIA PEACE AGREEMENT


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

SG/SM/8821
18/08/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8821


SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES EXPANDED COOPERATION BETWEEN UN,

PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM IN MESSAGE TO NEW ZEALAND MEETING


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the 2003 Pacific Islands Forum Meeting, in Auckland, New Zealand, 16 August, delivered by Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme:

SG/SM/8815
12/08/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8815


CRUCIAL NEED FOR EXCHANGE, DIALOGUE BETWEEN MUSLIM, WESTERN WORLDS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO MOROCCO SYMPOSIUM


Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the symposium on “Europe, America and Islam”, held during the twenty-fifth International Cultural Festival of Asilah Asilah, Morocco, on 3 August, delivered by Iqbal Riza, the Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet: