SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ATTACK BY TAMIL TIGERS ON COLOMBO AIRPORT

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

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Rome in the late afternoon of Thursday 19 July.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Switzerland on Friday, 13 July 2001.

PEACE PROCESS IN DRC NOT YET IRREVERSIBLE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 24 July:

Biographical Note                                           SG/A/772/Rev.1*

Biographical Note                                           SG/A/772*

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES BONN AGREEMENTS ON EMISSION LIMITATION

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for

Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS MOVE TO STRENGTHEN BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION;

MEASURES UNDER REVIEW TO MONITOR IMPLEMENTATION, VERIFY COMPLIANCE

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan (to be delivered on his behalf by Jayantha Dhanapala, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs) to the meeting in Geneva on 25 July of the Ad Hoc Group of the States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES CONFERENCE ON ‘IMPORTANT FIRST STEPS’

TO COMBAT SMALL-ARMS SCOURGE

      The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the conclusion of the Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms:

SECRETARY-GENERAL THANKS G-8 LEADERS FOR ‘EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESSION

OF SUPPORT’ IN FIGHT AGAINST AIDS

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to a press event at the conference of G-8 Heads of State in Genoa, Italy: