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07 June 2004

New York - Secretary-General's statement to the Security Council meeting on Iraq
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the death of President Ronald Reagan
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on release of aid workers in Sudan
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on death of peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

07 June 2004

Geneva - Secretary-General's message to the Conference: Meeting the humanitarian needs of the Palestine Refugees in the Near East: building partnerships in support of UNRWA
New York - Secretary-General's message for the Memorial Service for Sir Peter Ustinov

06 June 2004

Dar-es-Salaam - Secretary-General's message to the Summit meeting of the Regional Peace Initiative on Burundi

05 June 2004

Nairobi - Secretary-General's message to ceremony marking the formal launch of the final phase of the IGAD peace process on the Sudan

04 June 2004

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on latest developments in Venezuela

03 June 2004

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the killing of staff of Medecins sans Frontieres in Afghanistan

02 June 2004

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Democratic Republic of the Congo

01 June 2004

Bujumbura - Secretary-General's message at the hand-over ceremony from the African Mission in Burundi to the UN Operations in Burundi [read by Berhanu Dinka, Special Representative for Burundi]
New York - Secretary-General's message to the "International Recognition of the Day of Vesak Ceremony" [being celebrated 1 June]
Port-au-Prince - Secretary-General's message at the beginning of the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter upon arrival at UNHQ
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on establishment of the UN Operation in Burundi
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on violence in Pakistan
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on terrorist attack in Khobar, Saudi Arabia

28 May 2004

Montreal - Secretary-General's video message to the University of Montreal [scroll down for French version]

27 May 2004

Bogota - Secretary-General's message to the Global Compact Policy Dialogue Meeting and launch of the Global Compact in Colombia

26 May 2004

New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Sudan Agreement

25 May 2004

Addis Ababa - Secretary-General's message to the inauguration of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union
New York - Secretary-General's message on Africa Day
New York - Secretary-Gneral's remarks at ceremony for Africa Day
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter [unofficial transcript]
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Caribbean floods

25 May 2004

Kingston - Secretary-General's message to commemorative meeting marking the Tenth Anniversary of the International Seabed Authority

24 May 2004

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the Anti-defamation League's gala celebration of Elie Wiesel's birthday
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the resumption of the DPRK-Japan dialogue

24 May 2004

New York - Secretary-General's message to the opening of the third session of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities

22 May 2004

Tunis - Secretary-General's message to the Summit Meeting of the League of Arab States

21 May 2004

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter following Security Council adoption of Resolution 1545 on Burundi (unofficial transcript)
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Sudan
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the establishment of the United Nations Operation in Burundi [French version follows below]

20 May 2004

Conakry - Secretary-General's message to the Summit of Heads of State of the Mano River Union
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Côte d'Ivoire

19 May 2004

New York - Secretary-General's remarks upon receiving a UN flag from Chinese astronaut Col. Yang Liwei
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter following Security Council monthly luncheon (unofficial transcript)
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Middle East

18 May 2004

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy (unofficial transcript)
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Korean Peninsula

18 May 2004

Papua New Guinea - Secretary-General's message at opening of the Pacific Regional Seminar on Decolonization

17 May 2004

New York - Secretary-General's remarks on UN peacekeeping operations to Security Council
New York - Secretary-General's message on World Telecommunication Day
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the assassination of the President of the Iraqi Governing Council
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Myanmar
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Middle East

16 May 2004

Rome - Secretary-General's video message to "We are the future" concert organized by Quincy Jones' Listen Up Foundation and the Glocal Forum in partnership with the World Bank

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