Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Washington in the afternoon of Wednesday, 9 May.

IN BRUSSELS, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

TO CAMPAIGN FOR GENUINELY OPEN MARKETS

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Non-Governmental Forum at the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, delivered in Brussels this morning:

Thank you for that very warm welcome.

As you know I have left the Conference to come and talk to you.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES FORMATION OF NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT

IN FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

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

‘BEST HOPE’ FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WOULD BE NEW ROUND OF GLOBAL TRADE

NEGOTIATIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SPECIAL EVENT ON POVERTY ERADICATION

Following is the opening statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Special Event on the Challenge of Eradicating Poverty for Sustainable Development at the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, delivered in Brussels this morning.

IN ADDRESS TO THIRD UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SEES ‘LAST CHANCE OF BETTER LIFE’ FOR 600 MILLION PEOPLE

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the inaugural ceremony of the third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, delivered this morning in Brussels:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES TO CHEMICAL

WEAPONS CONVENTION, URGES SWIFT IMPLEMENTATION OF TREATY PROVISIONS

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the sixth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, delivered today at the Hague by Vladimir Petrovsky, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva:

SECRETARY-GENERAL THANKS US PRESIDENT BUSH FOR COMMITMENT

TO GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered today, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Washington, D.C.:

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS WESTERN ASIAN STATES THEY CAN COUNT ON HIS SUPPORT

IN THEIR WORK FOR STABILITY, PROSPERITY AND PEACE

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the twenty-first session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), delivered today in Beirut by ESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS OLYMPIC TRUCE CAN OFFER WINDOW OF TIME

TO OPEN DIALOGUE AND PAUSE TO RELIEVE SUFFERING

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annanto the Board of Directors of the International Olympic Truce Foundation in New York:

GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MEET

UNDER SECRETARY-GENERAL’S AUSPICES

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