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

SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS CONDOLENCES, ASSISTANCE FOLLOWING IRAN EARTHQUAKE

The following statement was issued on Saturday 22 June by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXHORTS GRADUATING CLASS AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

TO FOCUS ON FIGHTING GLOBAL POVERTY

Following is the commencement address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, on 21 June:

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PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is today’s press statement on Burundi by the President of the Security Council, Mikhail Wehbe (Syria):

The Members of the Security Council:

encourage the facilitation, Tanzania and the region to continue efforts aimed at helping the belligerents in Burundi reach a ceasefire agreement;

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL, 21 JUNE

Following is the press statement on Afghanistan delivered on Friday,

21 June, by Mikhail Wehbe (Syria), President of the Security Council:

Members of the Council welcome the successful conclusion of the Loya Jirga and inauguration of President Hamed Karzai as Head of the new Transitional Administration;

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