SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS BENEFITS OF SPACE EXPLORATION

SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO PRIVILEGED FEW

Following is a text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight and the twentieth anniversary of the launch of the first United States space shuttle (12 April 2001):

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF SHARM EL SHEIKH UNDERSTANDINGS

AND END TO MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the escalation of Israeli-Palestinian violence:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO HAVANA INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE,

SAYS ‘PARLIAMENTARY VISION’ COMPLEMENTS UNITED NATIONS’ OWN

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 105^th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, delivered on his behalf by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Kieran Prendergast, in Havana on 1 April:

On his arrival in Nairobi on 1 April, the Secretary-General was met by Professor George Saitoti, the Kenyan Vice-President.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES STEPS BY LEADING DRUG COMPANIES TO IMPROVE

AIDS TREATMENT ACCESS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Following is the text of a statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Amsterdam, after meeting the leaders of six leading research-based pharmaceutical companies:

UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO LEAD FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

(Reissued as received.)

The Secretary-General left Amman, Jordan early in the morning of Wednesday, 28 March, for an official visit to Switzerland, where he was joined by his wife, Nane.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES CONTINUATION OF TROOP WITHDRAWAL

FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S STATEMENT ON TERM OF HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Following is the text of a statement made today in Nairobi by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

FOR ARREST OF SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC

Following is a statement by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan issued today in Nairobi, Kenya:

The arrest of Slobodan Milosevic is an important step in the process of healing after the tragic events in the Balkans since 1991.  I commend the authorities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for this decisive action.