ENVOY OF SECRETARY-GENERAL CHAIRS MEETING BETWEEN AMBASSADORS

OF GREECE, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY, URGES GOVERNMENTS

TO GIVE PRIORITY TO ILLNESS 'EXACERBATED BY DISCRIMINATION'

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the launching today of the World Health Report and on the observance of World Mental Health Day (10 October 2001):

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘STRONGLY DEPLORES’ RECENT VIOLENCE,

HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE IN MIDDLE EAST

‘Urges All Sides to Exercise Maximum Restraint’

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS TERRORIST SUICIDE BOMBING IN KASHMIR

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

The Secretary-General utterly condemns the terrorist suicide bombing that occurred yesterday in Srinagar in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir.  He expresses his condolences to the bereaved families.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING ASSEMBLY ON TERRORISM, CALLS FOR `IMMEDIATE,

FAR-REACHING CHANGES’ IN UN RESPONSE TO TERROR

      Following is the text of the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly on 1 October:

‘WE ARE UNITED IN HELPING THE CITY IN ITS HOUR OF NEED’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN WELCOMING NEW YORK MAYOR TO UNITED NATIONS

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on welcoming New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to the United Nations:

It is a pleasure to welcome you, Mayor Giuliani, to United Nations Headquarters.  Our home is your home. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH PINO ARLACCHI, VIENNA AND DRUG OFFICE HEAD;

AGREE ARLACCHI WILL REMAIN IN POST UNTIL MID-2002

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR OUTER SPACE DISCOVERIES TO BE SHARED

WITH ALL HUMANITY, IN WORLD SPACE WEEK MESSAGE

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on occasion of World Space Week (4-10 October 2001):

FOLLOWING MEETING OF PRESIDENTS KAGAME, KABILA, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON BOTH

LEADERS TO STOP ONGOING FIGHTING IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT HEADQUARTERS, 27 SEPTEMBER 2001

The Secretary-General:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  I am here with you today to discuss the desperate plight of the civilian Afghan population, and to let you know that the United Nations is taking it very seriously, and to share with you what the United Nations system and its humanitarian partners are doing about it.