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SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO MINE-BAN CONVENTION PARTIES,

EVOKES ‘ENORMOUS’ CHALLENGES STILL AHEAD

Following is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Third Meeting of the States Parties to the Mine-Ban Convention.  The message was delivered in Managua on the Secretary-General’s behalf today by Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, Jayantha Dhanapala:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RESUMPTION OF INTER-KOREAN DIALOGUE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY ASSASSINATION OF KEY AFGHAN LEADER,

SAYS ACT OF TERRORISM FURTHER COMPLICATES EFFORTS TO END CONFLICT

NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT PROGRESS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT AFTER TERRORIST ATTACK

ON UNITED STATES SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY MEETING

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the forty-fifth General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), delivered by Steinar Bjornsson, Deputy-Director, United Nations Office at Vienna, on 17 September:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES COMMITMENT BY PRESIDENT ARAFAT

WILL LEAD TO CESSATION OF VIOLENCE

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

‘OUR PLACE IS BESIDE THOSE IN DISTRESS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS STAFF

AT SPECIAL MEETING FOR TERROR VICTIMS

Following is the text of remarks to staff made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a special meeting in tribute to the memory of the victims of the terrorist acts that struck the United States:

Dear friends,

PEACE A DREAM DEFERRED THIS YEAR, SECRETARY-GENERAL REMARKS AT PEACE BELL CEREMONY

Following is the text of remarks made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the annual ceremony of the ringing of the Peace Bell, held today at Headquarters:

WE MUST HAVE FAITH IN EACH OTHER, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS INTERFAITH SERVICE

Following is the text of an address given today in New York by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Interfaith Service of Commitment to the United Nations:

Thank you for welcoming us today to this interfaith service of commitment to the United Nations.  As always in difficult times, it is comforting to be among friends.

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DELEGATES TO TAKE UP CHILDREN’S ISSUE SOON,

DESPITE SPECIAL SESSION POSTPONEMENT

Following is the text of a statement to the General Assembly today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan regarding postponement of the special session on children: