ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN ALL ITS FORMS REMAINS MAJOR

UNITED NATIONS PRIORITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December 2002:

TERRORISM IS GLOBAL THREAT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, BUT MEASURES

AGAINST IT MUST NOT BE USED TO JUSTIFY HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

University Degree Ceremony Address in Netherlands Calls

For Attack on Root Causes, New Vision of International Security

This is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today upon receiving an honorary degree at Tilburg University in the Netherlands:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS PALESTINIAN SUICIDE BOMBING

IN JERUSALEM, SAYS SUCH ATTACKS 'SPUR HATRED AND MISTRUST'

'Scourge of Terrorism' Must Not Be Allowed to Deter Parties

From Pressing Need for Intensive Effort to Bring Peace Between Them

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTOLS ROLE OF ARTISTS IN GLOBAL STRUGGLE

FOR PEACE, DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Message to ‘Arts as Mediator of Tolerance’ Event in New York

This is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on “Arts as a Mediator of Tolerance” delivered at the Guggenheim Museum in New York today by Giandomenico Picco, the Secretary-General’s Personal Representative for the United Nations Dialogue among Civilizations:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES POLITICAL-PRISONER RELEASE WILL ADD MOMENTUM

TO NATIONAL RECONCILIATION PROCESS IN MYANMAR

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL HONOURS UNITED NATIONS, CROATIAN FALLEN

AT MEMORIAL CEREMONY IN ZAGREB

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan's remarks at the memorial ceremony held in Zagreb, Croatia, 20 November:

We are gathered here on this solemn occasion to pay tribute to United Nations personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of peace in the former Yugoslavia.

'NEW CROATIA' WILL BE FACTOR FOR STABILITY IN REGION,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ZAGREB PARLIAMENT

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Croatian Parliament, Zagreb, 20 November:

It is indeed a great honour for me to address this august assembly.

Every national parliament is a special place, because its members provide the indispensable link between national and local concerns.

REGION’S FUTURE DEPENDS ON PARTNERSHIP ENGAGING ‘ALL THE PEOPLE

OF KOSOVO’ SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at Monday’s receptionat the Kosovo Art Gallery, Pristina, 18 November:

I am delighted to be among friends in Kosovo again.

FOLLOWING WEST BANK KILLINGS, SECRETARY-GENERAL AGAIN STRESSES THAT POLITICAL

SETTLEMENT IS ONLY VIABLE SOLUTION TO MIDEAST CONFLICT

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

POVERTY ERADICATION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ARE ‘MUTUALLY

REINFORCING GOALS’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the 2002 United Nations Environment Programme “Sasakawa Environment Prize” ceremony, delivered by S. Iqbal Riza, Under-Secretary-General and Chef de Cabinet, New York, 19 November: