SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES ‘NEW IMAGE’ OF SIERRA LEONE AT INAUGURATION

OF PRESIDENT, OPENING OF PARLIAMENT

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ceremony marking the inauguration of the President of Sierra Leone and the opening of Parliament, delivered on his behalf in Freetown, Sierra Leone, by his Special Representative, Oluyemi Adeniji:

Mr. President,

The Secretary-General arrived very early on Sunday, 7 July, in the South African port city of Durban from Vienna, Austria, after having made two refuelling stops in Tunis, Tunisia, and Libreville, Gabon.

AT EIGHTH GENERAL MEETING OF UNITED NATIONS, ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC

CONFERENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES COMMON GOALS

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Meeting of the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), delivered on his behalf in Vienna on 9 July by Antonio Maria Costa, Director-General, United Nations Office at Vienna:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew from New York to Austria on Tuesday, 2 July.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS’

ASSASSINATION OF AFGHAN VICE-PRESIDENT

Urges Afghan Authorities ‘To Do Everything

In Their Power’ to Bring Perpetrators to Justice

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR TO MOROCCO,

CALLS FOR EARLY RELEASE OF REMAINING POWS

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

‘GREAT STAMINA, IRON POLITICAL WILL’ REQUIRED TO BUILD SUCCESSFUL

AFRICAN UNION, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the address, as delivered today, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 38^th Summit of the Organization of African Unity in Durban, South Africa:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DISSIDENT FORCES, LIBERIAN GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW

HUMANITARIAN ACCESS TO REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES WINNERS OF ANNUAL UN POPULATION AWARD

FOR ‘OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR WORLD’

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations, Gillian Sorensen, to the United Nations Population Awards Ceremony in New York on 1 July:

WORLD CANNOT AFFORD SECURITY COUNCIL’S DEEP DIVIDE ON SUCH IMPORTANT ISSUE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON FAILURE TO EXTEND BOSNIA MISSION

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council on 30 June concerning the non-extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH):