SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO CEASE ‘TARGETED ASSASSINATIONS’

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

BONDS BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND UNITED NATIONS ARE STRONG AND ROOTED IN COMMON

VISION OF FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of an address, as delivered, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon accepting the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia on 4 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRESENTS FDR INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY AWARD TO THAILAND

Following is the text of remarks made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the presentation of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award:

Let me start by saying that I am delighted to join you today for the presentation of this award, which furthers and inspires the legacy of President Roosevelt.

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES MIDEAST PARTIES TO EXERCISE MAXIMUM RESTRAINT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, REPORTING INITIATIVE ON PREVENTION OF ARMED

CONFLICT, NOTES TREND TOWARDS DISCORD WITHIN STATES

Maputo Conference Is Told Wars Between Countries Are No Longer

Main Preoccupation; Focus on Economic and Social Development Is Stressed

SECRETARY-GENERAL VOWS CONTINUED EFFORTS TO MAKE UNITED NATIONS

AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE IN SERVICE TO MANKIND

Statement After Reappointment by General Assembly Cites Continuing

Challenges, Takes Special Note of This Week’s Action on HIV/AIDS Crisis

This is the text of the statement to the General Assembly today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on his appointment to a second term of office:

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COOPERATIVES ARE SIGNIFICANT ACTORS IN DEVELOPMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO 2001 POPULATION AWARD WINNERS

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the

2001 United Nations Population Award ceremony:

I am delighted to join you in paying tribute to the winners of the United Nations Population Award for the year 2001.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES TRANSFER OF FORMER PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC

TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the decision to transfer former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to The Hague:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT STAFF SECURITY SUMMIT, URGES STATES TO RATIFY

TREATY ON SAFETY OF UNITED NATIONS AND ASSOCIATED PERSONNEL

Statement Deplores Deaths Since 1992 of Hundreds of Peacekeepers

And 200 Civilians; Says Violence Must Not Be Allowed to Deter ‘Noble Calling’

This is the text of a statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a summit meeting at Headquarters on the Security of International Staff: