SECRETARY-GENERAL LISTS MAIN POINTS OF UNITED NATIONS DISCUSSIONS

WITH REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ON PEACE-BUILDING

Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the concluding session of the fourth High-Level Meeting between the United Nations and Regional Organizations:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

NEED FOR COOPERATION IS GREATER THAN EVER

Following is the text of a statement made today in New York by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fourth high-level meeting of the United Nations and regional organizations:

I am delighted to welcome you to New York for this fourth high-level meeting between the United Nations and so many of the world's leading regional organizations.

IDEA OF ‘DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS’ ROOTED IN FUNDAMENTAL UN VALUES,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SETON HALL UNIVERSITY ADDRESS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations in South Orange, New Jersey, on 5 February:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS THAT GREATER EFFORT NEEDED, IF MILLENNIUM

POVERTY-REDUCTION TARGET TO BE REACHED

Following is the text of remarks made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the launch of the Rural Poverty Report 2001 produced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD):

POVERTY, ALONG WITH FAILURES OF GOVERNANCE, NEGLIGENCE AND GREED,

MAIN CAUSES OF ECOLOGICAL CRISES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the twenty-first session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the second global ministerial environment forum, delivered today in Nairobi on his behalf by the Executive Director of UNEP Klaus Toepfer:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PUBLIC ATTENTION ON IMPORTANCE

OF DISARMAMENT ISSUES MUST BE ROUSED

Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters:

MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY ‘MUST BE SEIZED’ BY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council's meeting on the Democratic Republic of Congo on 2 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER DETERIORATING

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN

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