Secretary General Statements (2002)

December

27th

Secretary-General urges Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to fully cooperate with Atomic Energy Agency

13th

Secretary-General concerned by lifting of Nuclear Programme Freeze

12th

Secretary-General hails amended protocol to prohibitions on use of mines, booby-traps in message to high contracting parties

Secretary-General urges meeting of states parties to ensure Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons remains healthy, effective

November

29th

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF OTTAWA CONVENTION, LOOKS TO TOTAL ELIMINATION OF LANDMINES, CONTINUED CARE FOR VICTIMS

25th

Secretary-General welcomes launch of international code of conduct against ballistic missile proliferation

18th

Secretary-General urges Iraq’s president to fully comply with Security Council demands ‘for the sake of his people, regional stability and world order’

October

16th

Secretary-General’s statement to Security Council on Iraq situation

7th

Vigilance, renewed commitment to full implementation of Chemical Weapons Convention ‘more necessary than ever’, Secretary-General says

September

25th

Annan recommends measures to curb global scourge of small arms

16th

Strengthening of Nuclear Non-Proliferation regime more critical than ever, Secretary-General says

‘UN remains strongly committed’ to eradication of landmine threat, Secretary-General says

4th

Secretary-General assures participants in meeting on security questions in Central Africa of United Nations support

August

30th

If effectiveness of UN Arms Register is strengthened, it can serve as significant early-warning mechanism, Secretary-General says

26th

Secretary-General confident that international community is prepared to assist Angola in overcoming complex challenges

6th

Secretary-General says “We the Peoples of the World must do all We can to turn back the tide of Nuclear Proliferation”

May

24th

Annan welcomes signing of US-Russia Nuclear Weapons Treaty

14th

Secretary-General welcomes agreement by United States, Russian Federation to reduce nuclear weapons

January

22nd

Secretary-General, in address to Geneva Conference on Disarmament, sees both ‘Stagnation’ and possibilities in disarmament arena

18th

Secretary-General, addressing council meeting on Counter-Terrorism, says United Nations ‘Stands Four-Square’ against scourge

Addressing Security Council, Secretary-General calls on counter-terrorism committee to develop long-term strategy to defeat terror

Secretary-General welcomes completion of Sierra Leone disarmament process, stresses crucial tasks remaining