Statements and Messages

CHALLENGE FOR ALL IS TO MANAGE INTERDEPENDENCE IN WAYS THAT ‘BRING PEOPLE IN,

RATHER THAN SHUTTING THEM OUT’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the first annual Interdependence Day, Philadelphia, delivered today by Edward Mortimer, Director of Communications:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ELECTION OF VICTIMS TRUST FUND BOARD

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ISRAEL TO RECONSIDER EXPULSION DECISION

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

The Secretary-General strongly urges the Israeli Government to reconsider the Security Cabinet’s decision in principle to expel President Yasser Arafat.  The forcible transfer of President Arafat is dangerous and counter-productive in a situation of tension and instability in the region.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY SADDENED’ AT DEATH OF ANNA LINDH,

FOREIGN MINISTER OF SWEDEN

Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of Anna Lindh:

I was shocked and deeply saddened this morning to learn of the death of Anna Lindh, the minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden.

WE APPROACH OPENING OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY ‘WITH HEAVY HEARTS’,

IN AFTERMATH OF TERRORIST ATTACKS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the annual interfaith service of commitment to the work of the United Nations at St. Bartholomew's Church, New York, delivered today by Gillian M. Sorensen, Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations:

ON SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF TERRORIST ATTACKS ON UNITED STATES, SECRETARY-GENERAL

EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES, FRIENDS OF VICTIMS

Following is a statement by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan on the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO ARTHR HELTON ‘A MODEL

OF COMMITMENT, CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVER’

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Council on Foreign Relations in tribute to Arthur Helton, delivered today by Edward Mortimer, Director of Communications:

DEMOCRACY CANNOT BE IMPOSED FROM ABROAD, BUT INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS CAN ENCOURAGE, ASSIST SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MONGOLIA CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Fifth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies, delivered by Danilo Türk, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 10-12 September:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED TO LEARN OF ATTACK ON FOREIGN MINISTER OF SWEDEN

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

IN MESSAGE TO WTO CONFERENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON TRADE MINISTERS

TO ADDRESS NEEDS OF WORLD’S POOREST

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Cancun, delivered today by Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development:

The rhetoric of global trade is filled with promise.