Statements and Messages

Press Release
SG/SM/7436
AFR/241

JOINT COMMISSION ESTABLISHED TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS IN TOGO

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7432
WOM/1207

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GATHERING OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WOMEN'S BEIJING ACTION PLAN CANNOT BE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT THEM

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 5 June gathering of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on the occasion of the General Assembly special session "Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century":

Press Release
SG/SM/7430
WOM/1203

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO ‘WOMEN 2000’ SPECIAL SESSION, SAYS FUTURE OF PLANET DEPENDS UPON WOMEN

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly special session “Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century” on 5 June:

Press Release
SG/SM/7428
WOM/1199

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS GLOBALIZATION MUST WORK IN FAVOUR OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN, NOT AGAINST THEM

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the opening of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) exhibition, “Progress of the World’s Women”, on 5 June:

Press Release
SG/SM/7429
DEV/2248

SECRETARY-GENERAL POSTPONES UNDP ADMINISTRATOR’S TRIP TO ZIMBABWE FOLLOWING NOTICE THAT GOVERNMENT WILL COMPULSORILY ACQUIRE FARMS

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7427

SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES GROUP'S DECISION TO ADMIT ISRAEL AS TEMPORARY MEMBER

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7426

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT SCREENING OF JANE FONDA FILM, EVOKES GOALS OF BEIJING PLUS FIVE

Following is the text of remarks addressed yesterday, 30 May, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a reception given by the United Nations Foundation and the International Women's Health Coalition, to mark "Beijing Plus Five" and present a film by Jane Fonda:

Press Release
SG/SM/7422
AFR/235

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS RELEASE OF 'VIRTUALLY ALL' SIERRA LEONE PEACEKEEPERS

The following statement was issued on 28 May by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is delighted with the news out of Liberia that virtually all of the detained peacekeepers in Sierra Leone have been freed.

Press Release
SG/SM/7425
UNEP/68

SECRETARY-GENERAL, MARKING WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY, SEES 'NO EASY SOLUTIONS'; CALLS FOR GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT TO CONSERVATION, STEWARDSHIP

Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark World Environment Day, 5 June:

Press Release
SG/SM/7423
AFR/236

ON UN'S BEHALF, SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT OBASANJO ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF NIGERIA'S RETURN TO DEMOCRACY

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's congratulatory message to President Obasanjo of Nigeria, delivered on 29 May: