SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SIGNING OF KABUL DECLARATION BY AFGHANISTAN

AND SIX NEIGHBOURS, HOPES IT WILL BOOST PEACE PROCESS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS KABUL DECLARATION BASIS TO PROMOTE REGIONAL

COOPERATION, IN MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE ON GOOD NEIGHBOURLY RELATIONS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Conference on Good Neighbourly Relations delivered by Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, in Kabul on 22 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NEW DEPUTY SPECIAL

REPRESENTATIVE FOR ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

LEARNING INSTITUTIONS ARE IMPORTANT ALLIES OF UNITED NATIONS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT NAMING OF DIPLOMACY SCHOOL

Following is the text of remarks as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the official naming of the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations on 17 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES FULL SUPPORT FOR MEDIATION EFFORTS

IN VENEZUELA BY OAS SECRETARY-GENERAL

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES MEETING OF AFGHAN SUPPORT GROUP TO CONTINUE

TO INVEST IN RECOVERY AND SECURITY OF AFGHANISTAN

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting of the Afghan Support Group, delivered by Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, in Oslo today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ACCORD ON POWER-SHARING

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

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MILLENNIUM GOALS CANNOT BE ACHIEVED IF POPULATION, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ISSUES ARE

NOT SQUARELY ADDRESSED, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASIAN POPULATION CONFERENCE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference (ministerial segment), delivered by Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in Bangkok today, 16 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL AND GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE ANNOUNCE ELECTION

OF PRESIDING JUDGES, APPOINTMENT OF REGISTRAR FOR SPECIAL COURT