PRAISING ANTI-DRUG EFFORTS OF CIVIL-SOCIETY GROUPS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

STRESSES THAT GOVERNMENTS 'CANNOT DO THE JOB ALONE'

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NEW FORCE COMMANDER FOR UNITED NATIONS

MISSION IN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has today appointed Major-General Robert Gordon of the United Kingdom as the new Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE).  The Major-General is expected to arrive in the Mission area by late October 2002.

CRAFT LAWS THAT RESPOND TO NEEDS OF PEOPLE, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES

PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ON NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT

The following message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan was delivered to the Parliamentary Forum on the New Partnership for Africa's Development today by Zephirin Diabré, Associate Administrator, United Nations Development Programme:

SALUTING UNITED NATIONS DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS MILLENNIUM GOALS

WILL REMAIN ELUSIVE WITHOUT GREATER WORLDWIDE COMMITMENT

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on United Nations Day, 24 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES MILITARY ATTACK

IN CIVILIAN AREAS IN SOUTHERN GAZA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RESUMPTION OF HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE BETWEEN

UNITED STATES AND DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

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

VIGILANCE, RENEWED COMMITMENT TO FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS

CONVENTION 'MORE NECESSARY THAN EVER', SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

‘ETHICAL BASE OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION MUST BE STRENGTHENED’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the founding meeting of the International Ethical, Political and Scientific Collegium, delivered by Danilo Türk, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in Bled, Slovenia on 5 October:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL'S AFFECTIONATE TRIBUTE AT RETIREMENT

OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY LAW PROFESSOR

Following are the remarks of the Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the event in honour of Professor Thomas Franck, New York University School of Law, 4 October 2002:

Thank you, everyone.