| Press Release SG/SM/8709 PAL/1947 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS SUICIDE ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAELIS,
URGES PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS
The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 18 May:
| Press Release SG/SM/8711 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL DISAPPOINTED AT FAILURE BY INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT,
FREE ACEH MOVEMENT TO IMPLEMENT CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES AGREEMENT
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/8707 OBV/348 |
‘WATER-RELATED DISEASES RESPONSIBLE FOR 80 PER CENT OF ALL ILLNESSES, DEATHS
IN DEVELOPING WORLD’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ENVIRONMENT DAY MESSAGE
Following is the message by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan for World Environment Day, 5 June 2003:
The theme of World Environment Day 2003 -– “Water: Two Billion People Are Dying for It!” -– highlights the centrality of water to human survival and sustainable development.
| Press Release SG/SM/8705 OBV/345 |
ON DAY OF VESAK, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON WORLD TO HEED
BUDDHA’S MESSAGE OF MINDFULNESS FOR HUMANKIND
Following is Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s message on the occasion of the Day of Vesak, which is being observed on 15 May:
| Press Release SG/SM/8703 |
MYANMAR SPECIAL ENVOY TO VISIT YANGON 6-10 JUNE
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Razali Ismail, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar, will visit Yangon from 6 to 10 June 2003. It will be his tenth mission as Special Envoy.
| Press Release SG/SM/8698 OBV/344 ENV/DEV/729 |
IF BIODIVERSITY LOSS NOT STOPPED, REACHING MILLENNIUM ANTI-POVERTY GOALS
MIGHT BE IMPOSSIBLE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL
Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for Biological Diversity, which is observed 22 May:
| Press Release SG/SM/8701 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘HEINOUS ACTS OF TERRORISM’
IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAUDI ARABIA
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/8697 SC/7757 |
UN CHARTER PROVISIONS ON PEACEFUL DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AT HEART
OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY SYSTEM SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL
Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council on the role of the Council in the pacific settlement of disputes in New York on 13 May:
Chapter VI of the United Nations Charter, on the pacific settlement of disputes, stands at the heart of the Organization’s system of collective security.
| Press Release SG/SM/8702 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF PRINCE SADRUDDIN AGA KHAN,
FORMER REFUGEE HIGH COMMISSIONER, ‘LIFELONG FRIEND’ OF UN
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
