Statements and Messages

Press Release
SG/SM/7385

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY ESCALATION OF FIGHTING IN SRI LANKA, APPEALS TO ALL PARTIES TO AVOID PLACING CIVILIAN LIVES AT RISK

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7383

HEAD OF UN AFGHANISTAN MISSION HOLDS CONSULTATIONS IN INDIA

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7382

SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON HUMAN SECURITY IN MONGOLIA

Two-Day Session in Ulaanbaatar, 8-10 May

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered today in salute to Mongolia’s hosting of an international workshop on human security:

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SG/SM/7381
AFR/224

IN APPEAL TO REGIONAL LEADERS, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RETURN TO NORMALCY, RESUMPTION OF PEACE PROCESS IN SIERRA LEONE

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7380

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES MOUNTING VIOLENCE, CASUALTIES IN LEBANON REGION

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7379

STATEMENT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE DEATH OF CARDINAL JOHN O’CONNOR

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

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SG/SM/7378
AFR/223

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘CONTINUING DELIBERATE ATTACKS’ ON UN PERSONNEL IN SIERRA LEONE

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7377

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘OUTRAGEOUS, CRIMINAL’ ACTS AGAINST UN PEACEKEEPERS IN SIERRA LEONE

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7375

SECRETARY-GENERAL, EXPRESSING GREAT SADNESS AT DEATH OF POUL HARTLING, SAYS UN ‘HAS LOST ONE OF ITS FINEST AND MOST ADMIRED LEADERS’

It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of my friend, colleague and mentor Poul Hartling. As United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1978-1985, he revitalized its mission, and gave it new purpose from the Horn of Africa to Central America and to Viet Nam.

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SG/SM/7376
AFR/221

SECRETARY-GENERAL, RECEIVING HONOURARY DEGREE IN YAOUNDE, CAMEROON HIGHLIGHTS KEYS TO AFRICA’S FULL PARTICIPATION IN GLOBAL ECONOMY

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, upon receiving the degree of “Docteur Honoris Causa en Relations Internationales” from the University of Yaounde II, in Yaounde, Cameroon on 2 May: