MONTERREY, JOHANNESBURG CONFERENCES CAN LEAD TO BETTER ECONOMIC FUTURE

FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ceremony marking the turnover of the coordinatorship of the group of least developed countries delivered today in New York by Gillian Sorensen, Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO WORLD SOCIAL FORUM, SAYS URGENT CHALLENGES

MUST BE ADDRESSED BY PARTNERSHIPS AMONG GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, CIVIL SOCIETY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Social Forum, delivered on his behalf by José Antonio Ocampo, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on 4 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JEFFREY SACHS SPECIAL ADVISER

ON MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

The Secretary-General has appointed Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Center for International Development at Harvard University, as Special Adviser on the Millennium Development Goals.

ADDRESSING HAGUE INTERNATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS

HELP OF YOUTH IN IMPLEMENTING MILLENNIUM GOALS

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Hague International Model United Nations, delivered at The Hague today,

1 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF MARJORIE TIVEN AS NEW YORK CITY

COMMISSIONER FOR UNITED NATIONS, CONSULAR CORPS

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

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Austria in the evening of Sunday, 27 January. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES OBSERVANCE OF OLYMPIC TRUCE

DURING SALT LAKE CITY WINTER GAMES

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan calling for observance of the Olympic Truce:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NIGEL FISHER AS DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS IN AFGHANISTAN

While on his first official visit to Kabul on 25 January 2002, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced the appointment of Nigel Fisher as his Deputy Special Representative for Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan.

The Secretary-General arrived in Tehran from Afghanistan in the evening of Friday, 25 January 2002.

The Secretary-General arrived in Kabul this morning to offer moral support to the new Interim Administration and to thank members of the United Nations staff in Afghanistan for their sustained effort to provide humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people.