Statements and Messages

DIALOGUE 'VITAL' TO SUCCESS OF UN MISSIONS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

IN REMARKS TO SEMINAR OF SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Seminar of Special and Personal Representatives and Envoys, in Mont Pèlerin, Switzerland, on 30 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES YALE UNIVERSITY ON 300^TH ANNIVERSARY,

AS UN POSTAL ADMINISTRATION ISSUES COMMEMORATIVE CANCELLATION

Following is the 30 March message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Yale University on the occasion of the dedication of a United Nations postal cancellation commemorating the 300^th anniversary of the University’s founding:

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED AT ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL

AND PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES; CALLS FOR URGENT RESUMPTION OF DIALOGUE

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

BROADER SOCIAL ROLES FOR BUSINESS WILL COMPLEMENT SEARCH FOR PROFIT,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SWISS BUSINESS COMMUNITY

Following is the text of an address made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today in Zurich, Switzerland, to the Swiss business community:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS TO RETURN TO PATH OF PEACE

Following is the text of a statement made today in Amman, Jordan, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the summit meeting of the League of Arab States:

It is an honour to join you.  Let me express my gratitude to His Majesty King Abdullah for his hospitality, wise leadership and strong support of the United Nations.

WORLD COMMUNITY MUST ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS OPENLY, HONESTLY,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON WORLD HEALTH DAY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World Health Day, which is observed 7 April:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES BAHRAIN AND QATAR

ON RESOLUTION OF TERRITORIAL DISPUTES

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES COURAGE, GENEROSITY OF WYNTON MARSALIS,

AS HE DESIGNATES HIM ‘MESSENGER OF PEACE’

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan during a ceremony at Lincoln Center, designating Wynton Marsalis a Messenger of Peace in New York on 22 March:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN PRESIDENT

OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE AND OPPOSITION LEADER