Secretary-General Kofi Annan left Vienna late in the afternoon of Wednesday, 23 April, for Geneva.

REPRESENTATIVES OF GREECE, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

EXCHANGE VIEWS PURSUANT TO INTERIM ACCORD

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

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Austria from Greece on Monday, 21 April 2003.

HUMAN RIGHTS –- WHETHER CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL OR CULTURAL –- ARE

UNIVERSAL, MUST BE UPHELD IN EVERY COUNTRY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the statement, as delivered, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TURKEY’S CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL CELEBRATES DIVERSITY IN SPIRIT

OF FRIENDSHIP, PEACE, FAITHFULLY REFLECTING UN’S IDEAS

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the International Children’s Festival, delivered by Jakob Simonsen, United Nations Development Programme Resident Coordinator, in Anatolia, 23 April:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed New York in the evening of Monday, 14 April, and arrived in Athens the following morning.

He was invited by the European Union to address the European conference on Thursday, the 17th, and took advantage of the presence of European leaders in the Greek capital on Wednesday to hold a series of bilateral meetings.

BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION IS VALUABLE PARTNER

OF UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the eighth meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC), delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze,
Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva, in Yerevan, on 18 April:

RIGHT TO LIVE FREE FROM INTIMIDATION, FORCED EXPULSION MUST BE RESPECTED,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOLLOWING REPORTS OF VIOLENCE IN NORTHERN IRAQ

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

VITAL TO HEAL DIVISIONS CREATED BY IRAQ, REUNITE AROUND BASIC PRINCIPLES

TO GUIDE FUTURE ACTIONS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ATHENS STATEMENT

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the European Conference in Athens, 17 April:

It is a great honour for me to join you on this historic occasion.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES BEIJING TALKS INVOLVING UNITED STATES,

DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, CHINA

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