Statements and Messages

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR TO MOROCCO,

CALLS FOR EARLY RELEASE OF REMAINING POWS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS’

ASSASSINATION OF AFGHAN VICE-PRESIDENT

Urges Afghan Authorities ‘To Do Everything

In Their Power’ to Bring Perpetrators to Justice

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DISSIDENT FORCES, LIBERIAN GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW

HUMANITARIAN ACCESS TO REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED

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

‘THERE MUST BE NO RELENTING’ IN FIGHT AGAINST IMPUNITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

AS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ROME STATUTE COMES INTO FORCE

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 1 July:

GLOBALIZING WORLD OFFERS UNPARALLELED OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE GREATER EQUITY

THROUGH SUSTAINED, BALANCED GROWTH, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Address to ECOSOCFocuses on Importance of Needs

Of Africa, Girls’ Education, Sustainable Development, Health Issues

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the High-level segment of the Economic and Social Council today:

WORLD CANNOT AFFORD SECURITY COUNCIL’S DEEP DIVIDE ON SUCH IMPORTANT ISSUE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON FAILURE TO EXTEND BOSNIA MISSION

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council on 30 June concerning the non-extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH):

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES WINNERS OF ANNUAL UN POPULATION AWARD

FOR ‘OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR WORLD’

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations, Gillian Sorensen, to the United Nations Population Awards Ceremony in New York on 1 July:

WITH COMMITMENT, ‘GROUP OF 8’ SUMMIT COULD MARK TURNING POINT FOR AFRICA,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN CANADA

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a Group of 8 (G-8) Press Conference in Kananaskis, Canada, on 27 June:

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH A KEY TOOL IN WIDER BATTLE AGAINST POVERTY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN POPULATION DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Population Day, 11 July:

SALUTING INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF TORTURE VICTIMS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

TERMS OF CONVENTION REMAIN ‘TRUE AND RELEVANT’ AS EVER

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June: