SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOUNDATIONS, OTHER DONORS, LEADING AGENTS IN FIGHT

TO ATTAIN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the meeting of foundations and other donors on the Campaign for the Millennium Development Goals, New York:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CREDITS POLITICAL COMMITMENT OF TAJIK PARTIES,

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, WITH FORGING PEACE IN TAJIKISTAN

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Conference in commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the signing of the General Peace Agreement in Tajikistan, delivered on his behalf by Ivo Petrov, Representative of the Secretary-General for Tajikistan:

REFUGEE SITUATION HAS TAKEN ‘ALARMING TURN’ FOR WORSE IN SOME COUNTRIES,

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark World Refugee Day, 20 June:

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DIGITAL DIVIDE STILL YAWNS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASSEMBLY SESSION

ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of the General Assembly plenary meeting on information and communication technologies for development, 17 June:

GREECE, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA EXCHANGE VIEWS

UNDER PROVISIONS OF INTERIM ACCORD

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

Biographical Note

Secretary-General Appoints Sukehiro Hasegawa of JapaN

Deputy Special Representative in East Timor

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES HAMID KARZAI ON HIS ELECTION

AS HEAD OF AFGHAN TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITY

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

FIGHTING AIDS COMBINES GOOD BUSINESS WITH DOING GOOD, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS

GLOBAL BUSINESS COALITION ON HIV/AIDS

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the programme for the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS Awards for Business Excellence 2002 in New York on 12 June:

The Secretary-General departed Geneva on Sunday, 9 June.  He arrived in Rome in the late afternoon, where he met immediately with James Morris, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP).