SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED AT DEATH OF MOKTAR OULD DADDAH,

FIRST PRESIDENT OF MAURITANIA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES WORLD FOOD PRIZE WINNER CATHERINE BERTINI,

IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO SYMPOSIUM IN DES MOINES, IOWA

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message to the World Food Prize Symposium, held in Des Moines, Iowa, 16 October:

I add my voice to yours, on this World Food Day, in congratulating Catherine Bertini on winning this year’s World Food Prize.  She fully deserves it. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS ADOPTION OF IRAQ RESOLUTION, SAYS OUTCOME DEMONSTRATES

WILLINGNESS OF SECURITY COUNCIL TO PLACE IRAQI INTERESTS ABOVE ALL ELSE

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council following adoption of resolution 1511 on Iraq:

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST UNITE TO ADDRESS ALL EXTREMISM,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TO ISLAMIC SUMMIT IN KUALA LUMPUR

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the tenth Summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, delivered today in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan:

PRESS STATEMENT ON KOSOVO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Kosovo by Security Council President John Negroponte (United States):

Security Council

4845^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE TO HELP

INCREASE MEANS AVAILABLE TO STATES TO COMBAT TERRORISM

Committee Chair Briefs Council,

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4844^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, ACTING UNANIMOUSLY, CALLS FOR POWER TO BE RETURNED

TO IRAQI PEOPLE ‘AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE’

Resolves UN Should Strengthen ‘Vital Role’ in Country,

Invites Timetable by 15 December for Drafting Constitution, Holding Elections

DPI TO HOST INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SEMINAR ON PEACE

IN MIDDLE EAST IN SEVILLE, 21-22 OCTOBER

Focus to be on ‘Two-State Solution’

CHINA’S FIRST MANNED SPACECRAFT CARRIED UNITED NATIONS FLAG

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 16 October (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) announced today that, following approval by the Secretary-General, two United Nations flags were flown aboard China’s first manned space mission, which returned safely to Earth early this morning.

UNITED NATIONS OVERSIGHT OFFICE REPORTS POTENTIAL SAVINGS

OF $37 MILLION IDENTIFIED IN WORK OF ORGANIZATION

Annual Survey for 12 Months from 1 July 2002 Describes

Impact on Accountability, Efficiency and Quality of Management