SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN TENTH ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE, PRAISES ACCOMPLISHMENTS

OF EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

   Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, delivered on his behalf by Danuta Hubner, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in London on 22 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘PROFOUND HUMANITY AND INTEGRITY’

OF JULIUS K. NYERERE AT NEW YORK MEMORIAL MASS

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the memorial mass in honour of the late Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere in New York on 20 April:

It is a great honour for me to join you all for this memorial mass in honour of the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES HEAD OF WHO ON GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AWARD

Following is the text of remarks made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the United Nations Association-United States of America (UNA-USA) Global Leadership Award Dinner in New York yesterday, honouring Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO):

It is an honour for me to join in this tribute to Dr. Brundtland.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES ‘CATALYTIC ROLE’ OF ESCAP IN MAKING GLOBALIZATION

POSITIVE FORCE, IN MESSAGE TO BANGKOK CONFERENCE

   Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifty-seventh session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), delivered on his behalf of the Executive Secretary of ESCAP, Kim Hak-Su, in Bangkok on 19 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DELIGHTED’ BY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES’ WITHDRAWAL

OF LEGAL ACTION AGAINST SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO KIEV CONFERENCE ON CHERNOBYL DISASTER,

SAYS SOLIDARITY, TRANSPARENCY NEEDED TO COPE WITH INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the conference “Fifteen Years After the Chernobyl Accident, Lessons Learnt”, delivered on his behalf by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Kenzo Oshima, in Kiev on 18 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY SECURITY, HUMANITARIAN SITUATION

AT BORDERS BETWEEN GUINEA, LIBERIA, SIERRA LEONE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON GOVERNMENTS TO SHOW UTMOST RESTRAINT IN MIDDLE EAST

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

UN LEADERS DESCRIBE FREE PRESS AS ESSENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT,

IN JOINT WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY MESSAGE

Following is the text of a joint message, on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (3 May 2001), from Secretary-General Kofi Annan; the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Koichiro Matsuura; and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson:

The Secretary-General arrived in Amsterdam on 4 April.