SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR CONTINUED HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO SOUTHERN

AFRICA; EXPRESSES PARTICULAR CONCERN ABOUT ZIMBABWE

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

The Secretary-General expresses his grave concern about the humanitarian crisis in Southern Africa.  He appeals to the international community to continue to provide additional assistance.

TOLERANCE ‘AN ACTIVE AND POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH HUMAN DIVERSITY’

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF TOLERANCE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day of Tolerance, 16 November:

DELIVERING SADAT MEMORIAL LECTURE, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PALESTINIANS, ISRAELIS

TO EMULATE LATE EGYPTIAN LEADER’S COURAGE ‘BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE’

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Anwar Sadat Memorial Lecture at the University of Maryland, 13 November 2002:

Thank you, Mrs. Sadat and dear friends,

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT

POST-CONFLICT PEACE-BUILDING IN SIERRA LEONE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Consultative Group Meeting for Sierra Leone, delivered by Hédi Annabi, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Paris, 13 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES TRADE MINISTERS TO PROPOSE –- ‘WITHOUT DELAY’ -- LONG-TERM

SOLUTION TO PROBLEM OF DELIVERING AFFORDABLE MEDICINES TO WORLD'S POOR

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

‘WORLD HAS RARELY NEEDED THE UN AS MUCH AS IT DOES TODAY’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS GUESTS AT VISIONARIES AWARDS DINNER

Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) International Visionaries Awards Dinner, Washington, D.C., 12 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES FORMER LATIN AMERICAN PRESIDENTS TO ‘HELP

STRENGTHEN THE DEMOCRATIC AGENDA’ THROUGHOUT CONTINENT

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at his meeting with former Latin American Presidents, New York, 12 November:

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to United Nations Headquarters -– or should I say, welcome back to the United Nations.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 12 NOVEMBER 2002

The Secretary-General:  I would like to announce to you this morning the appointment of Catherine Bertini as the new Under-Secretary-General for Management, succeeding Joseph Connor, who will be leaving us after eight years of outstanding service as head of the Department of Management.

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MEET WITH PRESIDENTS OF CAMEROON, NIGERIA

ON 15 NOVEMBER IN GENEVA

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

Following his statement on 1 November 2002, the Secretary-General wrote to President Paul Biya of Cameroon and President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria on

COOPERATION AMONG UNITED NATIONS BODIES CRUCIAL

FOR SUCCESS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the inauguration of the United Nations House in Turkey, delivered by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund, in Ankara today: