SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTOLS ROLE OF ARTISTS IN GLOBAL STRUGGLE

FOR PEACE, DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Message to ‘Arts as Mediator of Tolerance’ Event in New York

This is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on “Arts as a Mediator of Tolerance” delivered at the Guggenheim Museum in New York today by Giandomenico Picco, the Secretary-General’s Personal Representative for the United Nations Dialogue among Civilizations:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES POLITICAL-PRISONER RELEASE WILL ADD MOMENTUM

TO NATIONAL RECONCILIATION PROCESS IN MYANMAR

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL HONOURS UNITED NATIONS, CROATIAN FALLEN

AT MEMORIAL CEREMONY IN ZAGREB

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan's remarks at the memorial ceremony held in Zagreb, Croatia, 20 November:

We are gathered here on this solemn occasion to pay tribute to United Nations personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of peace in the former Yugoslavia.

'NEW CROATIA' WILL BE FACTOR FOR STABILITY IN REGION,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ZAGREB PARLIAMENT

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Croatian Parliament, Zagreb, 20 November:

It is indeed a great honour for me to address this august assembly.

Every national parliament is a special place, because its members provide the indispensable link between national and local concerns.

REGION’S FUTURE DEPENDS ON PARTNERSHIP ENGAGING ‘ALL THE PEOPLE

OF KOSOVO’ SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at Monday’s receptionat the Kosovo Art Gallery, Pristina, 18 November:

I am delighted to be among friends in Kosovo again.

FOLLOWING WEST BANK KILLINGS, SECRETARY-GENERAL AGAIN STRESSES THAT POLITICAL

SETTLEMENT IS ONLY VIABLE SOLUTION TO MIDEAST CONFLICT

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

POVERTY ERADICATION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ARE ‘MUTUALLY

REINFORCING GOALS’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the 2002 United Nations Environment Programme “Sasakawa Environment Prize” ceremony, delivered by S. Iqbal Riza, Under-Secretary-General and Chef de Cabinet, New York, 19 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HONOURS RALPH BUNCHE, 1950 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER,

CO-AUTHOR OF UNITED NATIONS CHARTER

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the exhibit on the life of Ralph Bunche, delivered by S. Iqbal Riza, Chef de Cabinet, New York,

19 November 2002:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL 'VERY CONCERNED' REGARDING URGENT NEED

TO GET NEGOTIATIONS ON CYPRUS UNDER WAY

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

Last 11 November, when the Secretary-General conveyed to the Cypriot leaders his proposal to bridge the gaps between them and break the deadlock in negotiations, he asked them to convey their reaction to Alvaro de Soto, his Special Adviser, within a week.