Secretary-General: Press Release

SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES VISION FOR BUILDING SECURE FUTURE IN REPORT

FOR WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The global economic growth that propelled many economies during the 1990’s did not promote sustainable development, or the kind of development that encompasses economic growth, social development, and environmental protection, according to a new report issued by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT HEADQUARTERS, 19 DECEMBER

The Secretary-General: As usual, we meet before the holidays to thank you for all your interest and support during the year 2001 and to wish you all the very best for 2002.

This has been an extraordinary year -- an extraordinary year for the United Nations, for New York, for the United States and for much of the world.

The Secretary-General arrived in Stockholm on Wednesday morning, 12 December, where he met with his fellow 2001 Nobel Prize Laureates at the Nobel Foundation.

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS UNITED STATES DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM ABM TREATY

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

On 10 December 2001, in Oslo, the United Nations and its Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in its Centenary year for their work towards trying to create a better organized and more peaceful world.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, OUTRAGED BY TERRORIST ATTACK ON INDIAN PARLIAMENT,

CONVEYS CONDOLENCES TO GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE OF INDIA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, DISTURBED BY UPSURGE OF VIOLENCE IN MIDDLE EAST,

URGES PARTIES BACK TO NEGOTIATING TABLE

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

The Secretary-General is deeply disturbed by the recent upsurge of violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SHALINI DEWAN AS DIRECTOR

OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRE IN ROME

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Shalini Dewan as the Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Rome.  She took up her duties on

3 December.

MAJOR-GENERAL JIN HA HWANG APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER

OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN CYPRUS

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major-General Jin Ha Hwang of the Republic of Korea as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) to succeed Major-General Victory Rana who relinquishes his post on 15 December 2001.

IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR

WIDER SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL COVENANT ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS

Migration Called ‘Fact of Life’ of Modern World, Positive

Factor for Host and Home Countries; Exploitation of Workers a Concern

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the observance of 18 December as International Migrants Day: