SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DECISION BY INDIA, PAKISTAN

ON PARTIAL TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM BORDER AREAS

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

Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who left New York on Saturday, arrived on Sunday evening in Hangzhou, an attractive and prosperous lakeside city in a silk-producing region south of Shanghai that is said to have captured nearly a third of the world market in silk ties.

FIGHTING POVERTY, PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT ARE MUTUALLY

REINFORCING GOALS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Second Assembly of the Global Environment Facility, delivered by Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme in Beijing today:

IN ADDRESS TO MONGOLIAN PARLIAMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES

CONTRIBUTIONS OF NATIONS GREAT OR SMALL

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the State Great Hural (Parliament) of Mongolia:  "Small States in an era of globalization", Ulaanbaatar, 16 October:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES OPENING OF SOMALI

NATIONAL RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE IN KENYA

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

‘YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE KEY’ IN FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY

Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, on receiving an honorary doctorate at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China today:

NEW, INNOVATIVE APPROACHES NEEDED IN WATER DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ON MESSAGE FOR WORLD FOOD DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Food Day, 16 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘HORRIFIED’ BY SATURDAY CAR BOMB ATTACK IN BALI

The following statement was issued yesterday, 13 October, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was shocked and horrified to hear of last night’s car bomb attack in Bali, Indonesia, which killed at least 180 people and wounded scores of others.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RESUMPTION OF PEACE TALKS ON SUDAN