Secretary-General: Press Release

‘MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY OFFERS WAY TO PURSUE NATIONAL INTEREST

WHILE MAKING COMMON CAUSE WITH OTHERS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the American Academy of Diplomacy upon receiving the Academy’s “Excellence in Diplomacy” Award in Washington, D.C., on 28 November:

‘FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF MITCHELL RECOMMENDATIONS OFFERS BEST ROUTE TO PEACEFUL

SOLUTION’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE ON PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY DAY

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 November:

‘INTOLERANCE IS TAUGHT AND CAN BE UNTAUGHT’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN MESSAGE TO INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on receiving the Stephen P. Duggan award for international understanding from the Institute for International Education in New York on 27 November:

`YOU MUST PLACE THE INTERESTS OF YOUR PEOPLE FIRST’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS BONN MEETING OF AFGHAN LEADERS

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting of Afghan leaders in Bonn today:

ADDRESSING RWANDA CONFERENCE OF GENOCIDE SURVIVORS, SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES

‘THOSE WHO LIVE ON TO REMEMBER AND REBUILD’

LAUNCHING 2002 CONSOLIDATED APPEALS, SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS HELP

FOR 33 MILLION ‘IN DESPERATE NEED’

Following is the text of today’s address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to launch the 2002 Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals:

It is a pleasure to be with you today to launch the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals for the year 2002.  We are making these appeals on behalf of people who are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance and protection.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY CONCERNED’ AT RENEWAL OF VIOLENCE IN NEPAL

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY TO HELP FACILITATE MYANMAR TALKS

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

Mr. Razali Ismail, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar, will visit Yangon from 27 November to 4 December 2001 to help facilitate the talks between the Government and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for democratization and national reconciliation in Myanmar.

JAMES LEMOYNE APPOINTED ACTING SPECIAL ADVISER ON COLOMBIA

On 13 November, the Secretary-General announced the appointment of James LeMoyne as Acting Special Adviser on Colombia.  Mr. LeMoyne has been serving as Deputy Special Adviser to Jan Egeland, who, it was recently announced, would leave the United Nations early next year to become Secretary-General of the Norwegian Red Cross.  Mr. LeMoyne will assume this position in January 2002, upon

On Saturday afternoon, 17 November, Secretary-General Kofi Annan left New York for an overnight trip to Ottawa, Canada, to talk to the members of the Finance and Development Committees of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund during a private dinner.