INCREASED INVESTMENT CRITICAL TO PROVIDE URBAN POOR WITH ADEQUATE SANITATION

AND CLEAN WATER, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN WORLD HABITAT DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark World Habitat Day, 6 October:

The theme of World Habitat Day 2003 -- “Water and Sanitation for Cities” -- highlights the need to provide the urban poor with clean water and decent sanitation.

SECRETARY-GENERAL RINGS PEACE BELL FOR UN COLLEAGUES, FRIENDS

STRUCK IN BAGHDAD, PEOPLE OF EVERY NATION NEEDING PEACE

Following is the text of remarks today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on ringing the peace bell in observance of the International Day of Peace (21 September):

SECRETARY-GENERAL MARKS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE WITH CALL FOR REFLECTION,

DIALOGUE ON MAJOR THREATS, CHALLENGES

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the International Day of Peace, 21 September:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed New York in the evening of Tuesday, 9 September, and arrived in Geneva the following morning.

ONE BILLION PEOPLE ARE THREATENED BY DESERTIFICATION, RECURRENT DROUGHTS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO CONVENTION PARTIES

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ANNUAL SERVICE HELD AT TIME WHEN UNITED NATIONS FAMILY BADLY NEEDS

SOLACE OF PRAYER, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following are the remarks delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the prayer service held at the Holy Family Church in New York today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL QUESTIONS EXISTENCE OF ‘CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS’

IN REMARKS AT ‘ISLAM AND THE WEST’ LECTURE

Following are the introductory remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the lecture on “Islam and the West” by Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr delivered today in New York:

This afternoon, I am really honoured that Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr has accepted my invitation to give this lecture.

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS SUSPENSION WITHOUT AGREEMENT OF TRADE TALKS IN CANCÚN

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS COUP D’ÉTAT IN GUINEA-BISSAU

The following statement was issued on 14 September by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES SUPPORT FOR EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS,

ENCOURAGES COUNTRIES TO CONCLUDE SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENTS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the forty-seventh General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, delivered today by Nobuyasu Abe, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs: