Statements and Messages

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SG/SM/7321*
GA/PAL/820

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES 'PRECIOUS OPPORTUNITY' FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE IN MESSAGE TO ASIAN MEETING ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the United Nations Asian Meeting on the Question of Palestine, delivered on his behalf by Adrianus Mooy, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in Hanoi, Viet Nam, on 1 March:

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SG/SM/7320
L/T/4344

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES PARTIES TO ANTI-PERSONNEL MINE CONVENTION ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF ENTRY INTO FORCE

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

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SG/SM/7318

PARTNERSHIP WITH CIVIL SOCIETY NECESSITY IN ADDRESSING GLOBAL AGENDA, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND REMARKS

Following are the remarks prepared for delivery by the Secretary-General to civil society in Wellington, New Zealand, on 23 February:

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SG/SM/7319
AFG/114

HIGH-LEVEL MEETING OF 'SIX PLUS TWO' GROUP ON AFGHANISTAN DISCUSSES DRUGS EMANATING FROM THAT COUNTRY

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

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

The Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Cyprus, Alvaro de Soto, is on his way to the island.

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SG/SM/7316
DEV/2232

IN ADDRESS TO UNDP RESIDENT COORDINATORS, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR 'EXPERIMENT AND CREATIVITY' IN DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Global Meeting of Resident Coordinators, delivered in Glen Cove, New York, on 28 February:

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SG/SM/7315
AFR/212

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE TO BURUNDI NEGOTIATORS MEETING IN ARUSHA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the plenary session of the Negotiations for a Peaceful Settlement in Burundi, delivered on his behalf by Berhanu Dinka, Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region, in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, on 21 February:

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SG/SM/7313

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES TERRORIST ACTS IN SPAIN

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

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SG/SM/7314

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO SIGVARD EKLUND OF SWEDEN, FORMER HEAD OF ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, WHO HAS DIED AT 89

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

Sigvard Eklund of Sweden, who headed the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1961 to 1981, has died at the age of 89.

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SG/SM/7312

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES EXPANDED SENSE OF `NATIONAL INTEREST' IN ADDRESS TO AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL PRESS CLUB

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on 22 February: