SECRETARY-GENERAL INVITES PRESIDENTS OF CAMEROON, NIGERIA TO MEET

FOLLOWING WORLD COURT JUDGMENT ON BORDER DISPUTE

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

The Secretary-General has remained in contact with the Presidents of Cameroon and Nigeria following their meeting in Paris on 5 September, and subsequent to the judgment delivered by the International Court of Justice on

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS AGREEMENT REACHED IN SUDAN

ALLOWING UNIMPEDED HUMANITARIAN ACCESS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS AGREEMENT REACHED IN SUDAN

ALLOWING UNIMPEDED HUMANITARIAN ACCESS

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

JAMES LEMOYNE APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVISER ON COLOMBIA

The Secretary-General has appointed James LeMoyne as Special Adviser on Colombia.  Mr. LeMoyne had been serving as Acting Special Adviser since January 2002.  The appointment, at the Assistant Secretary-General level, is effective as of 1 November.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS AMINATA S. DJERMAKOYE AS CHIEF OF PROTOCOL

Aminata S. Djermakoye, formerly Chef de Cabinet in the United Nations Office at Geneva, took up her appointment today, 1 November, as Chief of Protocol at United Nations Headquarters.

UNITED NATIONS FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME LAUNCHED

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announces the launching of the United Nations Fulbright Fellowship Programme, created through a partnership with the Institute of International Education, the implementing institution of the Fulbright Programme, and the United Nations Foundation/Better World Fund, which will fund the new Programme.

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S TRIBUTE AT MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR FORMER

U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE CYRUS VANCE

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a memorial service in New York on 30 October for former United States Secretary of State Cyrus Vance:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS 2002 POVERTY ERADICATION AWARD RECIPIENTS

‘BRING HOPE TO ALL OF US’, PARTICULARLY EARTH’S MOST VULNERABLE

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Sixth Annual Poverty Eradication Awards Dinner in New York on 30 October:

It is a pleasure to join you tonight and to congratulate the recipients of this year’s Poverty Eradication Awards.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SIGNING OF DECLARATION

ON SOMALIA RECONCILIATION PROCESS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES THOROUGH REVIEW OF UN PROGRAMME OF WORK

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the General Assembly, 30 October:

I am grateful for this opportunity to present my report on “Strengthening the United Nations:  An Agenda for Further Change”.