TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 12 NOVEMBER 2002

The Secretary-General:  I would like to announce to you this morning the appointment of Catherine Bertini as the new Under-Secretary-General for Management, succeeding Joseph Connor, who will be leaving us after eight years of outstanding service as head of the Department of Management.

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MEET WITH PRESIDENTS OF CAMEROON, NIGERIA

ON 15 NOVEMBER IN GENEVA

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

Following his statement on 1 November 2002, the Secretary-General wrote to President Paul Biya of Cameroon and President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria on

COOPERATION AMONG UNITED NATIONS BODIES CRUCIAL

FOR SUCCESS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the inauguration of the United Nations House in Turkey, delivered by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund, in Ankara today:

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS CATHERINE BERTINI OF UNITED STATES

AS NEW UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MANAGEMENT

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Catherine Bertini of the United States as the new Under-Secretary-General for Management, succeeding Joseph Connor, effective 1 January 2003.   

Security Council

4645^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL INFORMED OF CRITICAL NEED TO FINALIZE ‘ROAD MAP’

TOWARDS COMPREHENSIVE MIDDLE EAST PEACE SETTLEMENT

SEMINAR ON POLICY AWARENESS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 15 NOVEMBER

The third and final high-level United Nations seminar for 2002 on “Policy Awareness and Security Issues on Information Technology” is to be held this week.

CONSOLIDATED APPEALS FOR 2003 TO BE LAUNCHED NEXT WEEK

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

ISRAELI PRACTICES IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, FORM OF APARTHEID

FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DEBATE CONTINUES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

45^th and 46^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

32^nd Meeting (PM)

AMID REVITALIZING PROCESS, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL MOVING AHEAD IN EFFORTS

TO UNITE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD