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17 May 2004

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

15 May 2004

Bamako - Secretary-General's message to leaders of the Sahelo-Saharien states

14 May 2004

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on UNRWA
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Gaza

13 May 2004

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter upon arrival at UNHQ (unofficial transcript)

11 May 2004

New York - Secretary-General's encounter with Associated Press (unofficial transcript)
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on violence in Gaza

10 May 2004

New York - Secretary-General's address to the opening of third session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter with NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) upon exiting the opening of the Third Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the death of the Chechen President
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Nigeria

08 May 2004

Middleburg - Secretary-General's video message on receipt of the Four Freedoms Award

07 May 2004

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter outside the Security Council Chamber (unofficial transcript)
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on mosque attack in Pakistan

06 May 2004

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Inquiry into the Oil-for-Food Programme

04 May 2004

New York - Verbatim transcript of Quartet press conference [Quartet communique follows]
New York - Verbatim transcript of Quartet press conference [Quartet communique follows]

04 May 2004

Goteborg - Secretary-General's video message to International Consultation on Education for Sustainable Development
McLean, Virginia - Secretary-General's remarks at the 25th anniversary dinner of Refugees International

03 May 2004

New York - Secretary-General's remarks on World Press Freedom Day

03 May 2004

New York - Secretary-General's message on the occasion of European Union enlargement

02 May 2004

New York - Secretary-General's lecture at the 35th National Conference of Trinity Institute
Washington, DC - Secretary-General's press encounter
New York - Secretary-General's encounter following lecture at 35th National Conference of Trinity Institute (unofficial transcript)

02 May 2004

Paris - Secretary-General's message to the Founding Congress of United Cities and Local Governments
Martigny - Secretary-General's video message to the Global Staff Meeting of UNAIDS

30 April 2004

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter at UNHQ
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Iraq

29 April 2004

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at luncheon on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Group of 77
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at screening of "What's Going On" TV series

28 April 2004

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development
New York - Secretary-General's press conference
New York - Secretary-General's press conference

27 April 2004

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at event marking 10 years of democracy in South Africa
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter with Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson (unofficial transcript)

26 April 2004

New York - Secretary-General's opening remarks at the meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council, the Bretton Woods Institutions and the World Trade Organization
Geneva - Secretary-General's message to the Joint Advisory Group of the International Trade Centre
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter with CNN
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 18th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident

26 April 2004

Shanghai - Secretary-General's message to the signing ceremony for the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network
Shanghai - Secretary-General's message to the meeting of the "Visionary Panel for Asia and the Pacific 2020"
Shanghai - Secretary-General's message to the ministerial segment of the Commemorative 60th Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Paris - Message du Sécrétaire-Général à la conférence des chefs d'état de l'autorité du bassin du fleuve Niger "Partenariat international pour le bassin du Niger", "Vision partagée: de la stratégie vers un plan d'action"

24 April 2004

Nicosia - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the outcome of referenda in Cyprus

23 April 2004

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the train accident in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

22 April 2004

Kosovo - Secretary-General's message to the Memorial Service for UNMIK police officers

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