SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY RAPIDLY DETERIORATING SITUATION

IN ITURI REGION OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The Secretary-General is very concerned by the rapidly deteriorating situation in Ituri, in particular the dangerous rise in the tensions between Rwanda and Uganda.  Everything must be done to ensure that further military confrontations do not erupt in this region, as they would undermine the recent hard-won gains in the peace process.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS COUP D’ETAT IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

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

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS AKIO NOMURA DIRECTOR OF UN INFORMATION CENTRE IN TOKYO

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Akio Nomura as the Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Tokyo.  He will take up his duties on

17 March 2003.

GLOBALIZATION TODAY HAS ‘WINNERS AND LOSERS’; CHALLENGE FOR TOMORROW

IS TO MAKE IT WORK FOR ALL, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, as he introduced Jagdish Bhagwati, Jeffrey Sachs and Joseph Stiglitz at the Headquarters lecture, “Globalization:  Winners and Losers”, on 14 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT BUSH ON PRESENTATION

OF ‘ROAD MAP’ TO ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED AT RISING CASUALTIES IN ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT; URGES IMMEDIATE END TO VIOLENCE

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

The Secretary-General is gravely concerned at the rising and alarming toll of casualties in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  In the last 24 hours alone,

FORTY YEARS AFTER SHARPEVILLE MASSACRE, FIGHT AGAINST RACISM NOT YET WON,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which is observed 21 March:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed New York on Saturday, 8 March, and arrived in the Netherlands the following morning.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED, SADDENED AT ASSASSINATION OF

SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER DJINDJIC

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

PROGRESS IN CONSOLIDATING AFRICA’S PEACE SETS STAGE FOR HARD WORK AHEAD,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO TOKYO CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the “In Search of the Consolidation of Peace in Africa” conference delivered by his Special Adviser on Africa, Ibrahim Gambari, in Tokyo on 12 March: