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SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PUBLIC ATTENTION ON IMPORTANCE

OF DISARMAMENT ISSUES MUST BE ROUSED

Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters:

MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY ‘MUST BE SEIZED’ BY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council's meeting on the Democratic Republic of Congo on 2 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER DETERIORATING

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN

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

GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

MEET UNDER SECRETARY-GENERAL’S AUSPICES

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

Pursuant to the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995, representatives of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia met on 31 January and

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SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES PROFOUND CONCERN OVER DIFFICULTIES

FACING COLOMBIAN PEACE TALKS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES GREATER ATTENTION ON CONFLICT PREVENTION

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Colloquium on Peacekeeping and Conflict Prevention, delivered yesterday in Paris on the Secretary-General’s behalf by Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed Switzerland on Monday afternoon, 29 January, for a two-day visit to Stockholm, Sweden.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed Japan on Thursday, 25 January, and travelled to Switzerland, where he would participate in the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos.