SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES WITHDRAWAL OF ARMED FORCES

FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ARMED ATTACKS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

The following statement was issued Thursday, 19 September, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by reports of armed attacks by elements of the armed forces of Côte d’Ivoire in various parts of the country.  The Secretary-General is particularly saddened by the loss of life that has ensued.

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SPURRED BY HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS CLAIMS LIVES OF 600,000 AFRICANS EACH YEAR,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT EXHIBIT LAUNCH

Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the launch of the World Health Organization exhibition "Poverty and Health:  Challenges to Development in Africa", on 16 September:

EFFORTS MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO PREPARE GROUND FOR PEACE, DEMOCRACY,

GOOD GOVERNANCE IN LIBERIA, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Inaugural Meeting of the International Contact Group on Liberia, delivered today by Mr. Tuliameni Kalomoh, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs:

‘CONFLICT AND DEVELOPMENT ARE MORTAL ENEMIES’, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TELLS

HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

The following statement was delivered today by Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), President of the General Assembly, at the General Assembly’s high-level plenary meeting on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD):

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES ‘SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP’ BETWEEN GLOBAL GOALS ON POVERTY,

NEW PLAN FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT, IN STATEMENT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting of the General Assembly devoted to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) in New York on 16 September:

Biographical Note                                            SG/A/876

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: