SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED AT DEATHS

CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINS, FLOODS IN ALGERIA

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

The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the high number of deaths and the destruction caused by heavy rains and floods that have affected over 4,000 families in the Algiers area.  He extends his condolences to the affected families.

MAJOR-GENERAL MIGUEL ANGEL MORENO APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER

IN UNITED NATIONS IRAQ-KUWAIT OBSERVATION MISSION

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major-General Miguel Angel Moreno of Argentina as Force Commander of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) with effect from 1 December 2001.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS REVISED INDUSTRIAL POLICIES, DIVERSIFICATION

ARE KEY ELEMENTS IN AFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Message to Mark Africa Industrialization Day -– 20 November 2001

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of Africa Industrialization Day, 20 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES URGENT NEED TO ESTABLISH

BROAD-BASED GOVERNMENT IN AFGHANISTAN

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS SUSTAINED ENGAGEMENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL NEEDED

TO GET AFGHANISTAN ON PATH TO LASTING PEACE

Following is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the open meeting of the Security Council on Afghanistan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF TOLERANCE, SAYS RESPONSE

TO 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACKS HAS UNITED GLOBAL FAMILY AS NEVER BEFORE

This is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day of Tolerance (being observed on 16 November):

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGAL INSTRUMENTS ON TERRORISM,

RENEWS CALL FOR AGREEMENT ON COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION

Security Council Is Told United Nations ‘Uniquely Placed’

To Foster Cooperation among Governments in Taking Needed Action

                                                            DC/2816

‘PRECIOUS, BUT FLEETING’ OPPORTUNITY EXISTS TO FREE WORLD OF NUCLEAR THREAT,

                                                            GA/9956

‘UN MUST PLACE PEOPLE AT CENTRE OF EVERYTHING IT DOES’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN SECURITY COUNCIL REMARKS, REITERATES

CONCERNS ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO PEACE PROCESS

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council’s meeting on the Democratic Republic of the Congo in New York on 9 November: