SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO NEW SECRETARY-GENERAL

OF ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the appointment of Amara Essy, Côte d’Ivoire, as Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity (OAU):

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON SITUATION IN GUINEA-BISSAU

Following is the text of today’s press statement on the situation in Guinea-Bissau by the President of the Security Council, Wang Yingfan (China):

                                                            Note No. 5675

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS AGREED CONCLUSIONS

ON INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

(Reissued as received.)

United Nations Conference on the

Illicit Trade in Small Arms

4^th Meeting (PM)

United Nations Conference on the

Illicit Trade in Small Arms

3^rd Meeting (AM)

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-fifth Session

514^th and 515^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SINGAPORE SAYS RESERVATIONS TO WOMEN’S CONVENTION ARE BASED

ON RESPECT FOR FREEDOM OF MINORITIES TO OBSERVE OWN LAWS

Experts on Committee against Discrimination Express

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR END TO ‘SCOURGE’ OF ILLEGAL SMALL-ARMS PROLIFERATION

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of Small Arms Destruction Day, 9 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EVOKES PROMISE INHERENT IN LAUNCH OF AFRICAN UNION

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Summit meeting of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) at Lusaka, 9 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES INTEGRATED APPROACH TO SLOWING POPULATION GROWTH

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World Population Day, 11 July:

The theme of this year's World Population Day, "Population, Development and the Environment", highlights the fragile relationship between our species and our planet.