Statements and Messages

Press Release
SG/SM/7284
SC/6790

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING SECURITY COUNCIL, URGES AFRICAN LEADERS TO STRENGTHEN ‘FRAGILE’ PEACE PROCESS IN DEMOCRATIC REPULIC OF CONGO

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the 24 January Security Council meeting on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

Press Release
SG/SM/7285

SECRETARY-GENERAL FOLLOWING SITUATION IN ECUADOR

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 22 January, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is closely following the evolving situation in Ecuador. He is firmly convinced that the best interests of Ecuador and its people can only be served through the maintenance of constitutional order and the rule of law.

Press Release
SG/SM/7283

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON DRAFT OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF CHILD

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7282

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARMLY WELCOMES STEPS TAKEN BY TURKEY AND GREECE TO ESTABLISH NEW BASIS OF COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7281
SC/6788

SECRETARY-GENERAL, WARNING OF ‘HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE’ IN BURUNDI, STRONGLY URGES COOPERATION WITH NEW ‘FACILITATOR’ NELSON MANDELA

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 19 January Security Council meeting on the situation in Burundi:

Press Release
SG/SM/7279
CA/21

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES AUTHORITIES TO MOVE FORWARD RESOLUTELY IN IMPLEMENTATION OF PEACE AGENDA IN GUATEMALA

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7280
DCF/385

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE SHOULD DRAW STRENGTH FROM ACHIEVEMENTS, ASSESS LACK OF PROGRESS ON CERTAIN ISSUES

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Conference on Disarmament, delivered on his behalf by the Director General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Vladimir Petrovsky, on 18 January:

Press Release
SG/SM/7278

RESTORATION OF TWO CULTURAL SITES ON CYPRUS TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY UNDP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNITED STATES

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7277

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL FORUM, SAYS SHAPING UN’S FUTURE IN NEW CENTURY ‘VITAL EXERCISE’

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Women’s International Forum, at Headquarters, on 14 January:

Press Release
SG/SM/7276

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES CRUCIAL ROLE OF GROUP OF 77 IN ENSURING BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION ARE SHARED BY ALL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks today a ceremonial meeting to mark the formal turnover of the Chairmanship of the “Group of 77” developing countries and China from Guyana to Nigeria: