PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPULIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security Council President Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria):

AT SECRETARY-GENERAL’S INVITATION, PRESIDENTS OF CAMEROON, NIGERIA

MEET IN PARIS TO DISCUSS BAKASSI PENINSULA, OTHER ISSUES

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

EDUCATION SHOULD BE AT FOREFRONT OF ALL DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR AFRICA,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN REMARKS TO CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS

Also Addresses Issues of Peace, Democracy, HIV/AIDS, Sustainable Development

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Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a meeting with civil society leaders in Maputo, Mozambique on 29 August:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASSURES PARTICIPANTS IN MEETING ON SECURITY QUESTIONS

IN CENTRAL AFRICA OF UNITED NATIONS SUPPORT

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED AT SUSPENSION OF SUDAN PEACE TALKS

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

BOTH BUSINESS AND SOCIETY STAND TO BENEFIT FROM WORKING TOGETHER,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Economic Development of Poorest Countries

Is of Fundamental Long-Term Interest to Global Community

Following is the text, as delivered, of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at “Business Day”, organized by Business Action for Sustainable Development, in Johannesburg on 1 September:

‘WE MUST ENSURE THAT WHAT WE ACHIEVE HERE OPENS AN ERA OF IMPLEMENTATION’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN JOHANNESBURG REMARKS

Following is the text of a toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a dinner hosted by Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa, in Johannesburg on 2 September:

WORLD SUMMIT MUST SET HUMANKIND ON NEW PATH TO ENSURE SECURITY,

SURVIVAL OF PLANET, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for a plaque at the “Cradle of Humankind”, Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa, 1 September:

‘THERE WILL BE DAYS WHEN BOLD ACTION IS CALLED FOR, AND TIME WHEN MORE NUANCED APPROACHES

ARE MORE EFFECTIVE’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN REMARKS TO CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Civil Society Forum in Johannesburg on 2 September:

UNSUSTAINABLE PRACTICES WOVEN DEEPLY INTO FABRIC OF MODERN LIFE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT

‘We Can and Must Weave in New Strands of Knowledge and Cooperation’, He Adds

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, 2 September: