Statements and Messages

Press Release
SG/SM/7157

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES INITIATIVE ON COLOGNE AGREEMENT, UNITED STATES STEPS TO CANCEL BILATERAL DEBT

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

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SG/SM/7158

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONTRIBUTIONS OF JAPAN, PORTUGAL TO TRUST FUND FOR EAST TIMOR FORCE

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

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SG/SM/7155

ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE 'VITAL PARTNER' FOR UNITED NATIONS SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MEETING OF CONFERENCE FOREIGN MINISTERS

Press Release
SG/SM/7154

GLOBALIZAITON REVOLUTION HAS NOT BENEFITTED LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MINISTERIAL MEETING AT HEADQUARTERS

Following is the text of the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ninth annual Ministerial Meeting of the Least Developed Countries in New York on 29 September:

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SG/SM/7153
AFR/177

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS POSITIVE CHANGES IN AFRICA

Calls for Greater Support to Nations Making Good-Faith Efforts Urges Fairness, Consistency in Peacekeeping, Humanitarian Operations

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Security Council's ministerial meeting on Africa:

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SG/SM/7151
OBV/110

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR EFFECTIVE RAPID-ALERT SYSTEMS ACCESSIBLE TO POOREST COUNTRIES TO REDUCE EFFECTS OF NATURAL CATASTROPHES

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction, which will be observed on 13 October:

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SG/SM/7152
OBV/111

IN WORLD FOOD DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘DEVELOPMENT THAT DOES NOT PROMOTE FOOD SECURITY FOR ALL PEOPLE HAS WEAK FOUNDATIONS’

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for World Food Day, which will be observed on 16 October:

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SG/SM/7149
ENV/DEV/521

SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES NEED STRONGER PARTNERSHIP, EVEN MORE HELP, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SPECIAL ASSEMBLY SESSION

Following is the text of the address today of the Secretary-General to the special session of the General Assembly on the sustainable development of small island developing States:

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SG/SM/7150
OBV/109

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TODAY'S OLDER PERSON ARE PIONEERS, LED INITIATIVES DURING INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF OLDER PERSONS

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons, 1 October:

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SG/SM/7145
SC/6733

ADDRESSING THE SECURITY COUNCIL, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST REVERSE GLOBAL PROLIFERATION OF SMALL ARMS

Following is the text of the Secretary-General’s statement today to the Security Council meeting on small arms: