SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES ‘PRESSING CHOICES WE FACE’

IN MANAGING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the launch of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment:

Every year, the United Nations observes World Environment Day to deepen public awareness of the need to preserve the fragile ecosystems and the precious resources on which all life depends.

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO DISPATCH SPECIAL ENVOY TO CONFLICT-PLAGUED

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES PERU’S NEWLY-ELECTED PRESIDENT

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

Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Washington, D.C., in the afternoon of Thursday, 31 May, to deliver the keynote address at the Global Health Council Annual Awards Banquet.

TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST CLINICAL EVIDENCE OF AIDS MAY BE

'YEAR WE TURNED THE TIDE', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the twentieth anniversary of the first clinical evidence of AIDS, 5 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES SWIFTER APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR CONTRACTS

SUBMITTED UNDER HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMME FOR IRAQ

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY TO MYANMAR

MEETS GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION LEADERS

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

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS PARTICIPANTS IN AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT MARCH

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annanto the AIDS Memorial Quilt March in Washington, D.C., 3 June: