On Friday, 21 June, Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Illinois where, that evening, he delivered the keynote address at Northwestern University’s 144^th commencement ceremonies in Evanston, just outside of Chicago.

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO TANZANIAN PEOPLE,

GOVERNMENT AFTER YESTERDAY’S TRAIN DISASTER

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ‘WIDEST POSSIBLE USE’ OF COOPERATIVE EXPERIENCE

IN SERVICE OF GLOBAL COMMUNITY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annanon the occasion of the International Day of Cooperatives, 6 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES COMMON CONCERNS FOR UN, ISLAMIC CONFERENCE

IN MESSAGE TO FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN KHARTOUM

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the twenty-ninth session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers in Khartoum, 25-27 June, delivered on his behalf, by Assistant Secretary-General Ibrahima Fall:

‘WE MUST NEVER FORGET’ CHERNOBYL TRAGEDY’S HUMAN DIMENSION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

TO LAUNCH OF WEB SITE ON CATASTROPHE’S LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES

SALUTING INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF TORTURE VICTIMS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

TERMS OF CONVENTION REMAIN ‘TRUE AND RELEVANT’ AS EVER

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June:

EXPERT PANEL EXAMINES IMPACT OF ISRAELI MILITARY OFFENSIVE

IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES TONI MORRISON AS INAUGURAL SPEAKER IN LECTURE SERIES

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan introducing Toni Morrison as the first lecturer in the Secretary-General’s Lecture Series, 24 June:

I am delighted, but not surprised, to see so many of you here this afternoon.  And I am well aware that you have come to listen to Professor Toni Morrison, not to me.

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO PRESS

MIDEAST PARTIES TO END VIOLENCE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING UNAFRICAN MEETING IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE,

REQUESTS REAFFIRMATION OF SUPPORT FOR MIDEAST PEACE