Secretary-General: Press Release

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HOPE FOR NEW SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITMENT TO PLACE

JUSTICE, RULE OF LAW AT HEART OF EFFORTS TO REBUILD WAR-TORN COUNTRIES

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered today, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ministerial meeting of the Security Council on “Justice and the Rule of Law:  the United Nations Role”:

ADOPTION OF POLICY OF PRE-EMPTION COULD RESULT IN PROLIFERATION OF UNILATERAL,

LAWLESS USE OF FORCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is the address, as delivered today, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly:

The last 12 months have been very painful for those of us who believe in collective answers to our common problems and challenges.

HIV/AIDS: ‘GREATEST LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE OF OUR TIME’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FOLLOWING HIGH-LEVEL INTERACTIVE PANEL

Following is Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s summary of the proceedings of the high-level interactive panel on HIV/AIDS, as delivered to the General Assembly this evening:

In accordance with General Assembly resolution S-26/2 of 2001, a high-level interactive panel on HIV/AIDS was held this afternoon.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION BID ON IRAQ COUNCIL MEMBER

The Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan issued the following statement on Saturday, 20 September 2003:

The Secretary-General strongly condemns today’s assassination attempt on

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS NEW BOMBING AT UN BAGHDAD HEADQUARTERS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S ENVOY SET FOR NEW BID TO REVIVE MYANMAR RECONCILIATION PROCESS

The Spokesman for Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan issued the following statement today:

Mr. Razali Ismail, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar, will visit Myanmar from 30 September to 2 October 2003.  It will be his eleventh mission.

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES COMMITMENT TO HUMAN DIGNITY

AT CONCERT FOR BAGHDAD BOMBING VICTIMS

The following remarks were made by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan on Friday, 19 September, in introducing Gilberto Gil, Brazilian Cultural Minister, at a concert to mark the International Day of Peace and to honour colleagues killed in the bombing of the United Nations mission in Baghdad:

ABILITY TO REASON VITAL IN FIGHTING TERRORISM, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CONFERENCE

      Secretary-General Kofi Annan made the following remarks today at a conference on “Fighting Terrorism for Humanity:  A Conference on the Roots of Evil”:

DESPITE PROGRESS ON HIV/AIDS, ACTION ‘STILL FAR SHORT OF WHAT IS NEEDED’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the plenary session of the General Assembly on the follow-up to the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, in New York, 22 September:

Two years ago, the world’s nations agreed that defeating HIV/AIDS would require commitment, resources and action.

COLLEAGUES KILLED IN BAGHDAD EXAMPLE OF UN FAMILY ‘AT ITS MOST COMMITTED

AND MOST COURAGEOUS’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MEMORIAL SERVICE

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the Memorial Ceremony in honour of colleagues killed in the bombing of the United Nations Mission in Baghdad, held in New York, 19 September: