STATEMENT OF SECRETARY-GENERAL ON CYPRUS

      Following is today’s statement on Cyprus by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

I have completed this afternoon two days of intensive consultations on Cyprus with His Excellency Mr. Glafkos Clerides, the Greek Cypriot leader, and His Excellency Mr. Rauf Denktash, the Turkish Cypriot leader.

ADDRESSING SECURITY COUNCIL, SECRETARY-GENERAL ENDORSES

THREE-PRONGED COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council at today’s meeting to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Committee on Counter-Terrorism:

Your meeting today reflects your determination to confront reality rather than escape from it; to recognize an evil rather than excuse it. 

UNLESS PROGRESS CAN BE SPEEDED UP DRAMATICALLY, MOST PLEDGES IN MILLENNIUM

DECLARATION WILL NOT BE FULFILLED, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is the statement, as delivered, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in the General Assembly today:

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SECRETARY GENERAL'S REMARKS AT MEMORIAL SERVICE

FOR FOUNDER OF 'SEEDS OF PEACE'

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the memorial service for John Wallach, Founder of Seeds of Peace, New York, 3 October:

Many people dream of peace in the world.  Few devote their lives, hearts and minds to trying to make that dream come true.  John Wallach was one of those few.

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO NATURAL HAZARDS, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION

Following is the Secretary-General's message for the International Day for Disaster Reduction -- "Disaster reduction for sustainable mountain development",

9 October 2002:

ROLE OF UN IS ‘TO PLACE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF HUMAN BEINGS AT CENTRE

OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO’, SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary General Kofi Annan at the inauguration today of Lee Bollinger as President of Colombia University in New York:

It is always a special honour to visit this great university.  Any institution of learning is of importance to the United Nations, but Columbia is doubly so.

IN YALE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS, SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEADS

CAUSE OF ‘INCLUSIVE’ GLOBALIZATION

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at Yale University, New Haven, 2 October 2002:

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AFR/491

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS WORLD IS "FALLING SHORT" IN EFFORTS

TO MEET GOALS OF MILLENIUM DECLARATION

First Progress Report on Implementation of UN Plan

Shows Dramatic "Speed Up" Needed to Meet Targets Set for 2015

These are the opening remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today at a Headquarters press conference on the first progress report on the implementation of the Millennium Declaration: