Statements and Messages

Press Release
SG/SM/7645

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DISAPPOINTMENT AT INCONCLUSIVE OUTCOME OF HAGUE CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

Following is the text of a statement issued today in New York by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Press Release
SG/SM/7643
OBV/181

IN INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISABLED PERSONS MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF MAKING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES WORK FOR ALL

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the International Day of Disabled Persons, which is observed on 3 December:

Press Release
SG/SM/7640

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES HEZBOLLAH AND GOVERNMENTS OF ISRAEL, LEBANON AND SYRIA TO SHOW RESTRAINT FOLLOWING VIOLATIONS OF ‘BLUE LINE’

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7641
PAL/1883

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

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:

Press Release
SG/SM/7639

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

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:

Press Release
SG/SM/7638

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED OVER MOUNTING TENSIONS IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

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.

Press Release
SG/SM/7637

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT HEADQUARTERS, 22 NOVEMBER

- 2 - Press Release SG/SM/7637 22 November 2000

Press Release
SG/SM/7636

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS GAZA STRIP VIOLENCE

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

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

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:

Press Release
SG/SM/7633
DC/2729

SECRETARY-GENERAL, SPEAKING OF ‘WORLD AWASH WITH SMALL ARMS’, PRESENTS REPORT ON WEAPONS DESTRUCTION TO SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT