Statements and Messages

Press Release
SG/SM/7531

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS DECISION BY DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA NOT TO ATTEND MILLENNIUM SUMMIT FOLLOWING AIRPORT INCIDENT

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7523

OLYMPIC GAMES 'A TRUE CELEBRATION OF HUMANITY', SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, which will be held in Sydney, Australia, from 15 September to 1 October:

On behalf of the United Nations, I am delighted to convey my warmest greetings to the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney.

Press Release
SG/SM/7522

PARLIAMENTARY VOICES MUST BE HEARD IF GLOBAL DEMOCRACY IS TO THRIVE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MEETING OF HEADS OF NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Conference of Presiding Officers of National Parliaments, organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), in New York on 30 August:

Press Release
SG/SM/7520

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING MILLENNIUM SUMMIT OF RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL LEADERS, URGES PARTICIPANTS TO SET EXAMPLE OF INTERFAITH COOPERATION

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders, delivered this morning:

Press Release
SG/SM/7521
AFR/267

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT REACHED ON 28 AUGUST IN ARUSHA BY PARTIES TO BURUNDI PEACE PROCESS

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7519

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR WELL-BEING OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI, OTHER NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY LEADERS, IN MYANMAR STAND-OFF

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7517
PI/1273

GLOBAL NETWORKS ‘THE MOST PROMISING PARTNERSHIPS OF OUR GLOBALIZING AGE’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL DPI/NGO CONFERENCE

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening address to the fifty-third annual DPI/NGO Conference, delivered this morning:

Press Release
SG/SM/7518
AFR/266

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF PRESIDENT OF SOMALIA, CALLS EVENT MILESTONE IN SOMALI EFFORTS TO REJOIN COMMUNITY OF NATIONS

Following is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the inauguration ceremony of the President of Somalia, delivered on the Secretary-General’s behalf by his Representative for Somalia, David Stephen in Djibouti on 27 August:

Press Release
SG/SM/7515
OBV/157

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the International Day of Peace, which is observed on 5 September:

Press Release
SG/SM/7516
OBV/158

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY, 8 SEPTEMBER 2000

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of International Literacy Day, which is observed on 8 September: