IN WAKE OF YESTERDAY’S COUP ATTEMPT, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON PEOPLE

OF CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC TO RESPECT DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS

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

PUBLIC SECTOR CORRUPTION WEAKENS DEMOCRACY, ENCOURAGES ORGANIZED CRIME,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO GLOBAL FORUM

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Jan van Dijk, Director, United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention, to the Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity at The Hague on 28 May:

Secretary-General CALLS FOR RESTRAINT, STATESMANSHIP IN MIDDLE EAST,

IN MESSAGE TO EMERGENCY MEETING OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE

                                                                  Note No. 5668

CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR ON DECOLONIZATION CLOSES WITH CALL FOR FULFILMENT

OF 'SACRED RIGHT' TO SELF-DETERMINATION

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

High-level Committee on Review of TCDC

12^th Session

2^nd Meeting (PM)

TECHNICAL COOPERATION AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

STILL SHACKLED BY RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS

High-level Committee on Review of TCDC

12^th Session

1^st Meeting (AM)

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS NEED NEW PARTNERSHIPS, INCREASED FUNDING,

SAY PARTICIPANTS AT HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE ON TCDC REVIEW

On Thursday, 24 May, Secretary-General Kofi Annan went to Washington's Capitol Hill for a series of meetings with members of the United States Congress.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUDAN GOVERNMENT DECISION TO HALT

AIR ATTACKS IN NUBA MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN SUDAN

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

Committee on NGOs

2001 Session

30^th Meeting (PM) and Round-up

COMMITTEE ON NGOS CONCLUDES SESSION, HAVING RECOMMENDED 44 ORGANIZATIONS

FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL