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SG/SM/7642
28 November 2000


Press Release
SG/SM/7642


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION OF VOLUNTEERS OFTEN OVERLOOKED

20001128

Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to a ceremony held today in New York to open the International Year of Volunteers:

SG/SM/7641
27 November 2000


Press Release
SG/SM/7641
PAL/1883


SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

20001127

Following the text of the Secretary-General’s message on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, commemorated on 29 November:

SG/SM/7639
27 November 2000


Press Release
SG/SM/7639


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FAILURE TO ACT NOW ON PEACEKEEPING RECOMMENDATIONS PACKAGE WILL WEAKEN UN CAPABILITIES

20001127

Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly’s Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) on the implementation of recommendations of his Panel on United Nations Peace Operations:

SG/SM/7638
24 November 2000


Press Release
SG/SM/7638


SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED OVER MOUNTING TENSIONS IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

20001124

The following statement was issued yesterday, 23 November, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has been following with concern the mounting tension in the Central African Republic between the Government and the workers’ unions over unpaid salary arrears.

SG/SM/7635
21 November 2000


Press Release
SG/SM/7635
WOM/1239


SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON DAY FOR ELIMINATING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, SAYS SCOURGE OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE MUST BE GLOBALLY CONDEMNED

20001121

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which is observed on 25 November:

SG/SM/7636
21 November 2000


Press Release
SG/SM/7636


SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS GAZA STRIP VIOLENCE

20001121

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

SG/SM/7632
20 November 2000


Press Release
SG/SM/7632


MILITARY OPERATIONS SHOULD NOT BE DESCRIBED AS HUMANITARIAN ACTION, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SYMPOSIUM

20001120

Following is the text of opening remarks made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to an International Peace Academy Symposium on Humanitarian Action, also attended by Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, Jozias van Aartsen: