'KNOWLEDGE MEANS POWER' -- AND THOSE WHO PROVIDE HONEST INFORMATION ARE

BEST ALLIES OF UN, SAYS KOFI ANNAN IN BBC WORLD SERVICE LECTURE

Secretary-General Announces

New World Service Series on 'Millennium Milestones'

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's BBC World Service lecture, delivered in New York on 10 December:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR DETERMINATION TO MAKE PROTECTION

OF CIVILIANS AN INESCAPABLE DUTY FOR ALL PARTIES IN CONFLICT

            Following is the statement delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the meeting of the Security Council on the protection of civilians in armed conflict:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, WELCOMING ACCORD BETWEEN INDONESIA AND FREE ACEH MOVEMENT,

HOPES FOR PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF CONFLICT

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General welcomes the signing in Geneva today of the Framework Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS UNITED NATIONS LAW OF SEA CONVENTION

'GREAT ACHIEVEMENT' IN WORLD OF UNCERTAINTY, INSECURITY

General Assembly Meeting to Mark 20^th Anniversary Is Told

Ratification by All States Would Strengthen Effectiveness of Treaty

AT CONCLUSION OF THIRD ROUND OF SRI LANKA PEACE TALKS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

EXPRESSES HOPE FOR FURTHER PROGRESS TOWARDS LASTING SETTLEMENT

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

IF SCIENCE IS TO REACH ITS FULL POTENTIAL FOR PEACE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,

WORLD MUST DO MORE TO END CONFLICTS, ADDRESS INEQUALITIES

Following is the speech by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the annual dinner of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, New York,  8 December 2002:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES CANDLELIGHT AWARD HONOREES AS ‘VISIONARIES’,

IN REMARKS AT CEREMONY IN NEW YORK

     Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the presentation of the Candlelight Award, given by the Carriage House Center on Global Issues, in

New York, on 6 December:

     The winners of this award are good friends of mine and among the strongest supporters of the United Nations.

REGIONAL SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS NEVER MORE IMPORTANT THAN TODAY, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO EUROPEAN SECURITY ORGANIZATION MEETING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council, delivered by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva, in Porto, 6 December: