The Secretary-General has appointed Maria Costa Pinto as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Lisbon effective 1 November.
Following is the text of the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the United Nations Day Concert, which are to be delivered tonight at Headquarters:
Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the investiture of Ange-Felix Patasse as President of the Central African Republic, which was delivered today in Bangui on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hedi Annabi:
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General flew to Washington, D.C. on Monday afternoon, 18 October, for a two-day visit. On arrival, he taped an interview for the public television programme NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. That evening, he attended a dinner hosted by World Bank President, James Wolfensohn.
The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
This is the text of the Secretary-General's address to World Bank staff in Washington, D.C., today:
It is a great honour to be invited to give the first in your new programme of United Nations Lectures.
This is the text of remarks made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Bank Board of Directors in Washington, D.C.:
Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the 1999 Woodrow Wilson Statesmanship Award from the Woodrow Wilson House this evening in Washington, D.C.:
You do me a great honour tonight in giving me this award, and I thank you.
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General welcomes the completion on 18 October of the weapons destruction programme in Liberia.
