SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘END OF ROAD’ REACHED CONCERNING CURRENT CYPRUS TALKS,

BUT ‘PLAN REMAINS ON THE TABLE’

Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, read today by Alvaro de Soto, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus, at The Hague:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS KILLING OF HUMANITARIAN WORKERS IN LIBERIA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for the

Secretary-General:

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the killing of Emmanuel Sharpulo, and Musa Kita, Liberian nationals, and Kaare Lund, a Norwegian national,

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT JUDGES EMBODY ‘OUR COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE’

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO INAUGURAL MEETING IN THE HAGUE

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the inaugural meeting of judges of the International Criminal Court in The Hague on 11 March:

It has taken mankind many years to reach this moment.

SECRETARY-GENERAL AWAITS REPLIES FROM GREEK, TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADERS

The following statement was released at The Hague on 9 March by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has arrived in The Hague for meetings tomorrow,

10 March 2003, regarding Cyprus.  He has invited the Greek Cypriot leader,

Mr. Tassos Papadopoulos, and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr. Rauf Denktash, to

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED AT AGREEMENT BY PARTIES TO INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOGUE

BUT EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER RECENT HEAVY FIGHTING REGARDING BUNIA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY DEPLORES’ USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE

BY ISRAEL IN GAZA REFUGEE CAMP

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

ALL MUST WORK TOGETHER TO COUNTER TERRORISM, PREVENT SPREAD

OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is today’s statement as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the special meeting of the Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee:

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS G-8 CONTACT GROUP ON FOOD SECURITY

IN AFRICA THAT CONTINENT FACES DEADLY BURDENS

Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening meeting of the G-8 Contact Group on Food Security in Africa in New York:

I am pleased to welcome you to the United Nations for this first meeting of your contact group.

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED AT ESCALATING VIOLENCE

BETWEEN ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS

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

The Secretary-General is gravely and increasingly concerned by the steady escalation in violence between Israelis and Palestinians, which has left

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED WITH SECURITY COUNCIL SUPPORT

FOR HIS EFFORTS TO ASSIST PARTIES IN CYPRUS

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

The Secretary-General was pleased with the support he received in the Security Council yesterday for his efforts to assist the parties in Cyprus reach a comprehensive settlement.