‘WATER-RELATED DISEASES RESPONSIBLE FOR 80 PER CENT OF ALL ILLNESSES, DEATHS

IN DEVELOPING WORLD’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ENVIRONMENT DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan for World Environment Day, 5 June 2003:

The theme of World Environment Day 2003 -– “Water:  Two Billion People Are Dying for It!” -– highlights the centrality of water to human survival and sustainable development.

ON DAY OF VESAK, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON WORLD TO HEED

BUDDHA’S MESSAGE OF MINDFULNESS FOR HUMANKIND

Following is Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s message on the occasion of the Day of Vesak, which is being observed on 15 May:

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MYANMAR SPECIAL ENVOY TO VISIT YANGON 6-10 JUNE

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

Razali Ismail, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar, will visit Yangon from 6 to 10 June 2003.  It will be his tenth mission as Special Envoy.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF PRINCE SADRUDDIN AGA KHAN,

FORMER REFUGEE HIGH COMMISSIONER, ‘LIFELONG FRIEND’ OF UN

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘HEINOUS ACTS OF TERRORISM’

IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAUDI ARABIA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTION’ OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA

TO UNITED NATIONS, IN MESSAGE TO KOREA SOCIETY DINNER

Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan to the annual dinner of the Korea Society, in honour of Roh Moo-hyun, President of the Republic of Korea, delivered by Maurice F. Strong, Special Adviser and Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, in New York on 12 May:

QUEST FOR PEACE BETWEEN ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS AT HISTORIC JUNCTURE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO KYIV SUPPORT MEETING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the United Nations International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace, delivered by Danilo Türk, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in Kyiv, on 13 May:

IF BIODIVERSITY LOSS NOT STOPPED, REACHING MILLENNIUM ANTI-POVERTY GOALS

MIGHT BE IMPOSSIBLE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for Biological Diversity, which is observed 22 May:

UN CHARTER PROVISIONS ON PEACEFUL DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AT HEART

OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY SYSTEM SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council on the role of the Council in the pacific settlement of disputes in New York on 13 May:

Chapter VI of the United Nations Charter, on the pacific settlement of disputes, stands at the heart of the Organization’s system of collective security.