Secretary-General

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SIGNING OF AGREEMENT ON POWER-SHARING IN BURUNDI

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO ENSURE SOCIAL JUSTICE, FURTHER

DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, IN MESSAGE TO CONSULTATIVE MEETING ON BOLIVIA

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifteenth Consultative Group meeting on Bolivia, taking place in Paris from 8 to 9 October, delivered by Carlos Felipe Martinez, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bolivia:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES GREEN CROSS FOUNDING PRESIDENT MIKHAIL GORBACHEV

FOR LEADERSHIP, ‘TIRELESS WORK FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE’

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Green Cross International and Global Green USA, in New York on 7 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT 40^TH ANNIVERSARY SEMINAR, RECALLS GUIDING WORDS FOR UN

OF POPE JOHN XXIII IN PAPAL ENCYCLICAL ‘PACEM IN TERRIS’

This is the text of the opening address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a seminar in New York City today to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Papal Encyclical, “Pacem in Terris”.

MULTILATERALISM CRUCIAL IN ‘AGE OF PROBLEMS WITHOUT PASSPORTS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS AFRICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered to the luncheon of African-American civil society leaders, held at Headquarters today:

UNITED NATIONS, MORE THAN EVER, NEEDS STRONG, COHERENT DEVELOPMENT VOICE

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MEETING OF RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVES

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the global resident representatives meeting in Tarrytown, New York, on 6 October:

It is hard to believe that it has been almost four years since the last global meeting of resident representatives.

‘WE MUST CONFRONT DEATH BY REAFFIRMING THE VALUE OF LIFE’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO PRAYER SERVICE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Orthodox Christian prayer service for the United Nations community today, delivered by Joseph Stephanides, Director, Security Council Affairs Division, Department of Political Affairs:

GOVERNMENTS MUST ENSURE ADEQUATE ATTENTION FOR SPECIAL NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World Mental Health Day, 10 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY DEPLORES ISRAELI AIR STRIKE ON SYRIAN TERRITORY

Following is a statement issued on 5 October by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS HAIFA SUICIDE BOMBING,

URGES ALL PARTIES TO SHOW UTMOST RESTRAINT

Following is a statement issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 4 October: