SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UNITED NATIONS HAS DUTY TO EXHAUST ALL POSSIBILITIES

OF PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT BEFORE RESORTING TO USE OF FORCE

Following is the text of the address delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 8 February at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACK IN COLOMBIA

The following statement was issued on 8 February by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

UNRWA:  AID FOR PALESTINIANS SUFFERS DUE TO FOCUS ON IRAQ

Emergency Food Programme to End in March

Note to Correspondents

CONFERENCE ON ‘CARING COMMUNITIES –- IMAGINING THE AGE OF CONNECTIVITY’

TO BE HELD AT UN HEADQUARTERS ON 12 FEBRUARY

A conference on “Caring Communities for the 21st Century:  Imagining the Possible ‘Age of Connectivity’” will take place on Wednesday, 12 February, in Conference Room 4, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Meeting of States Parties

Convention on Rights of Child

15^th & 16^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UN HUMANITARIAN ENVOY CONCLUDES FIVE-COUNTRY WEST AFRICA TRIP

TO ASSESS IMPACT OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE CRISIS

ACTION ON CHEMICALS POLLUTION AND SUPPORT FOR AFRICA AGREED

AT END OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS MEETING

UNEP's 22nd Governing Council Starts Making

Johannesburg Plan of Implementation Operational

(Reissued as received.)

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE

Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Albert Tevoedjre of Benin as his Special Envoy for Côte d’Ivoire today.

ENHANCED VERSION OF UN BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

NOW AVAILABLE ON INTERNET

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library today announced the launch of an enhanced version of the United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBISnet).

UNBISnet may be accessed directly at http://unbisnet.un.org or by selecting the link on the Library’s home page http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl.

Governments Back Environmental Rescue Plan For Occupied Palestinian Territories

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI, 7 February (UNEP) -- Action to improve the environment of the occupied Palestinian territories was given the go-ahead today by governments, in an historic decision that it is hoped will benefit the people on both sides of the conflict.