Secretary-General

Reforms, external support needed soon to reach millennium goals,

secretary-general tells high-level meeting

Following is the text of opening remarks, as delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to the special high-level meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council, with the Bretton Woods institutions and the World Trade Organization:

un will ensure needs of those traumatized by chernobyl nuclear disaster

will not be forgotten, says secretary-general

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

Eighteen years ago today at the Chernobyl power plant, the world suffered the worst nuclear accident in its history.

Asia’s dream of efficient, reliable transport system becoming reality,

says Secretary-General, praising signing of highway network agreement

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the signing ceremony for the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network, delivered by Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in Shanghai, 26 April:

secretary-general encouraged by agreement for talks on darfur region of sudan

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

‘unique and historIc’ chance to resolve cyprus problem missed,

says secretary-general, after settlement plan rejected

The following statement, issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, was delivered by the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser for Cyprus, Alvaro de Soto, in Nicosia on 24 April:

Secretary-general offers condolences to democratic people’s republic of korea

on tragic train accident, says un will mobilize support, assistance

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

Secretary-general hails courage of un corrections officers killed in kosovo,

in message to Pristina memorial service

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Memorial Service for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Police Officers, in Pristina, 22 April:

Secretary-general alarmed by deadly consequences of israel’s

two-day incursion into northeRn gaza

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

Secretary-general, IN MESSAGE TO ASIA MEDIA SUMMIT, SAYS FREEDOM

OF EXPRESSION IS INDISPENSABLE FOR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL PROGRESS

Calls on Communicators, Regulators to Ensure

New Technologies Serve Development of All Humankind

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO CYPRIOT PEOPLE, SAYS REUNIFICATION PLAN

WILL DETERMINE DESTINY OF DIVIDED ISLAND

The following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the people of Cyprus today, 21 April 2004:

This Saturday, each one of you has a difficult decision to make -– one that will determine the destiny of your country.