SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED AT LOSS OF UN HELICOPTER IN GEORGIA

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

The Secretary-General was shocked to learn today that a United Nations  helicopter carrying nine passengers and crew was reportedly shot down in the western part of the Kodori Valley in Georgia.

‘TO DEFEAT TERRORISM, WE NEED A SUSTAINED EFFORT AND BROAD STRATEGY

THAT UNITE ALL NATIONS’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on military strikes in Afghanistan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL LOOKS FORWARD TO CONVENING OF PROPOSED SUMMIT

OF LEADERS OF GUINEA, LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES PROFOUND SORROW

AT NEWS OF RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH

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

JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL AND SEVEN LEADING RESEARCH-BASED

PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ON ACCESS TO HIV/AIDS CARE AND TREATMENT

Following is the text of a joint communiqué issued today in New York by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and seven pharmaceutical companies:

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: