Statements and Messages

Press Release
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:

Press Release
SG/SM/7311
OBV/130

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF UPHOLDING DIVERSITY OF LOCAL LANGUAGES

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message for International Mother Language Day, which is being observed today:

Press Release
SG/SM/7310
AFR/211

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY DISTRESSED BY DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY FLOODS IN MOZAMBIQUE

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7308

SECRETARY-GENERAL UNDERLINES ROLE OF DARWIN, AUSTRALIA IN EFFORT TO REBUILD EAST TIMOR

Following is the text of today’s address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the people of Darwin, Australia:

Let me say how glad I am to be in Darwin. This is my first visit to Australia. As I am fresh off the plane from East Timor, it is fitting that Darwin should be my first port of call.

Press Release
SG/SM/7309

SECRETARY-GENERAL, SERIOUSLY CONCERNED BY TENSION IN SOUTH LEBANON, URGES RESTRAINT, RESPECT FOR NON-COMBATANT STATUS OF CIVILIANS

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7307

UN WILL NOT REST UNTIL EAST TIMOR SECURELY IN FAMILY OF NATIONS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO PEOPLE OF EAST TIMOR

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the people of East Timor, delivered in Dili on 17 February:

I am honoured to be here with you. Your strength and your dignity have inspired the world.

Press Release
SG/SM/7307/Rev.1*

UN WILL NOT REST UNTIL EAST TIMOR SECURELY IN FAMILY OF NATIONS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO PEOPLE OF EAST TIMOR

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the people of East Timor, delivered in Dili on 17 February:

Press Release
SG/SM/7306
AFG/113

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES 14 FEBRUARY BOMBING IN AFGHANISTAN; APPEALS TO ALL PARTIES TO RESPECT RIGHTS OF NON-COMBATANTS

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7304*

‘WE ARE HERE AS YOUR PARTNERS’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS TO PEOPLE OF LIQUICA, EAST TIMOR

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the people of Liquica, East Timor, on 17 February:

Press Release
SG/SM/7305
AFR/209*

IN AFRICA, UN SYSTEM STRIVING TO ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES OF CONFLICT SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO NATIONAL SUMMIT ON AFRICA

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the National Summit on Africa, delivered on his behalf by Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary- General and Special Adviser on Africa, in Washington, D.C. on 17 February: