LEARNING INSTITUTIONS ARE IMPORTANT ALLIES OF UNITED NATIONS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT NAMING OF DIPLOMACY SCHOOL

Following is the text of remarks as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the official naming of the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations on 17 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES FULL SUPPORT FOR MEDIATION EFFORTS

IN VENEZUELA BY OAS SECRETARY-GENERAL

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES MEETING OF AFGHAN SUPPORT GROUP TO CONTINUE

TO INVEST IN RECOVERY AND SECURITY OF AFGHANISTAN

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting of the Afghan Support Group, delivered by Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, in Oslo today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ACCORD ON POWER-SHARING

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

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MILLENNIUM GOALS CANNOT BE ACHIEVED IF POPULATION, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ISSUES ARE

NOT SQUARELY ADDRESSED, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASIAN POPULATION CONFERENCE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference (ministerial segment), delivered by Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in Bangkok today, 16 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL AND GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE ANNOUNCE ELECTION

OF PRESIDING JUDGES, APPOINTMENT OF REGISTRAR FOR SPECIAL COURT

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT LISTS PARTIES TO CONFLICT USING CHILD SOLDIERS

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY LIFTING OF NUCLEAR PROGRAMME FREEZE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO ENSURE CONVENTION

ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS REMAINS HEALTHY, EFFECTIVE

The following is the text of today’s message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, in Geneva: