SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES OPENING OF SOMALI

NATIONAL RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE IN KENYA

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

‘YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE KEY’ IN FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY

Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, on receiving an honorary doctorate at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China today:

NEW, INNOVATIVE APPROACHES NEEDED IN WATER DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ON MESSAGE FOR WORLD FOOD DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Food Day, 16 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘HORRIFIED’ BY SATURDAY CAR BOMB ATTACK IN BALI

The following statement was issued yesterday, 13 October, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was shocked and horrified to hear of last night’s car bomb attack in Bali, Indonesia, which killed at least 180 people and wounded scores of others.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RESUMPTION OF PEACE TALKS ON SUDAN

BUSINESS WELL PLACED TO NOT ONLY GENERATE GROWTH, BUT ADVANCE GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MIT’S SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the fiftieth anniversary of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 11 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR CONCERTED ACTION IN MESSAGE

MARKING INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ERADICATION OF POVERTY

The following message was issued by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 17 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES PAST, PRESENT DIVERSITY OF MACALESTER COLLEGE

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the dinner with Macalaster trustees and friends, New York, 9 October 2002:

I am very happy to see you all at the United Nations this evening.  For me, seeing friends from Macalester always feels a bit like seeing family -– and it’s even nicer when family members come to visit in one’s own house.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON CAMEROON, NIGERIA TO RESPECT INTERNATIONAL

COURT OF JUSTICE’S JUDGMENT ON BORDER DISPUTE

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

The Secretary-General has taken note of the judgment delivered today by the International Court of Justice on the Bakassi border dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF RENEWED VIOLENCE IN VENEZUELA

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

The Secretary-General is concerned about the possibility of renewed violence in Venezuela.