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SG/SM/8328-AFR/448
07/08/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8328
AFR/448


CONCERNED BY UPSURGE OF VIOLENCE IN NIGER, SECRETARY-GENERAL


CALLS FOR UNCONDITIONAL RESPECT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER


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


The Secretary-General is very concerned by the upsurge of violence in the Niger, resulting from a spate of mutinies by segments of the armed forces in different parts of the country in recent days.

SG/SM/8325
05/08/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8325


SECERTARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT ON ATTACKS IN ISRAEL


Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan following the weekend attacks in Israel:

SG/SM/8323
01/08/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8323


SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS HUMAN TRAFFICKING ‘ONE OF THE GREATEST

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS’ OF TODAY


Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Summit on Human Trafficking, Child Abuse, Labour and Slavery, to be delivered by Antonio Maria Costa, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna and Executive Director of the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Abuja, Nigeria, 2-4 August 2002:

SG/SM/8324-DEV/2395
01/08/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8324
DEV/2395


SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES UN COMMITMENT TO ASPIRATIONS

OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES


Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Ministerial Meeting of the Least Developed Countries, to be delivered by Anwarul K. Chowdhury, High Representative of the Secretary-General for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, in Cotonou, Benin, 5 August:

SG/SM/8320
31/07/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8320


FOLLOWING HEBREW UNIVERSITY BOMB ATTACK, SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES

CONDEMNATION OF ‘ALL SUCH ATTACKS’ AGAINST CIVILIANS


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


The Secretary-General is appalled by today's bomb attack at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in which seven people were killed and more than

SG/SM/8321
31/07/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8321


SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MYANMAR TO REVISIT YANGON, 2 - 6 AUGUST


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 return to Yangon from 2 to 6 August 2002 to help facilitate the national reconciliation process in Myanmar.