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.

HUMAN COMMUNITY SHOULD BE LINKED IN COMMON EFFORT TO PROTECT, SHARE WATER EQUITABLY, SUSTAINABLY, PEACEFULLY SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD DAY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World Water Day, which is observed 22 March:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Larnaca, Cyprus, in the afternoon of Wednesday, 26 February.

AFRICAN CINEMA CAN HELP MOBILIZE RESOURCES, ENERGY NEEDED TO REACH

MILLENNIUM GOALS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan to the eighteenth Pan-African Film and Television Festival in Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso (22 February -- 3 March):

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘VERY SATISFIED’ WITH OUTCOME OF MISSION RELATING TO CYPRUS SETTLEMENT; SAYS PLAN FOR SETTLEMENT IS ‘FAIR AND BALANCED’

      The following statement was issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Larnaca, Cyprus:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Athens, Greece, from Ankara, Turkey, in the morning of Tuesday, 25 February.