SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RESUMPTION OF PEACE TALKS ON SUDAN

BUSINESS WELL PLACED TO NOT ONLY GENERATE GROWTH, BUT ADVANCE GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MIT’S SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the fiftieth anniversary of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 11 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR CONCERTED ACTION IN MESSAGE

MARKING INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ERADICATION OF POVERTY

The following message was issued by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 17 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES PAST, PRESENT DIVERSITY OF MACALESTER COLLEGE

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the dinner with Macalaster trustees and friends, New York, 9 October 2002:

I am very happy to see you all at the United Nations this evening.  For me, seeing friends from Macalester always feels a bit like seeing family -– and it’s even nicer when family members come to visit in one’s own house.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON CAMEROON, NIGERIA TO RESPECT INTERNATIONAL

COURT OF JUSTICE’S JUDGMENT ON BORDER DISPUTE

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

The Secretary-General has taken note of the judgment delivered today by the International Court of Justice on the Bakassi border dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF RENEWED VIOLENCE IN VENEZUELA

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

The Secretary-General is concerned about the possibility of renewed violence in Venezuela.

PRAISING ANTI-DRUG EFFORTS OF CIVIL-SOCIETY GROUPS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

STRESSES THAT GOVERNMENTS 'CANNOT DO THE JOB ALONE'

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NEW FORCE COMMANDER FOR UNITED NATIONS

MISSION IN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has today appointed Major-General Robert Gordon of the United Kingdom as the new Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE).  The Major-General is expected to arrive in the Mission area by late October 2002.

CRAFT LAWS THAT RESPOND TO NEEDS OF PEOPLE, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES

PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ON NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT

The following message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan was delivered to the Parliamentary Forum on the New Partnership for Africa's Development today by Zephirin Diabré, Associate Administrator, United Nations Development Programme:

SALUTING UNITED NATIONS DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS MILLENNIUM GOALS

WILL REMAIN ELUSIVE WITHOUT GREATER WORLDWIDE COMMITMENT

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on United Nations Day, 24 October: