SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY RISING TENSION BETWEEN INDIA, PAKISTAN

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

The Secretary-General is increasingly concerned by the alarming rise in tension between India and Pakistan.  He is in close contact with the leaders of both sides, to encourage them to resolve their differences, including over Kashmir, by peaceful means.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS HEIDI TAGLIAVINI OF SWITZERLAND

AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GEORGIA, HEAD OF UNOMIG

IN ENVIRONMENT DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HOPE

FOR 'REAL AND TANGIBLE' BREAKTHROUGH AT JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT

Says 'Planet Still in Need of Intensive Care'

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Environment Day, 5 June:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Dili early in the afternoon of Sunday, 19 May.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia, in the morning of Friday, 17 May, and met later in the day with Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri.

MARKING AFRICA DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS LAUNCHING OF AFRICAN UNION,

GROWING AFRICAN COOPERATION IN STRUGGLE FOR DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS

Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of Africa Day, 25 May 2002:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR 'MAXIMUM RESTRAINT' IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR

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

The Secretary-General is very concerned at the high level of casualties due to persistent firing along the Line of Control and the working boundary in Jammu and Kashmir.

He calls on both sides to exercise maximum restraint to avert a further escalation of tensions.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS 'TERRORIST ATTACKS FROM WHATEVER QUARTER'

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

Regarding the suicide bombings in Israel of yesterday and today, the Secretary-General reiterates his unequivocal and long-standing condemnation of all terrorist acts from whatever quarter; attacks on innocent civilians are morally repugnant and contrary to international law.

‘THE UNITED NATIONS WILL STAY ... YOUR FRIENDS WILL CONTINUE TO HELP’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SALUTE TO INDEPENDENT EAST TIMOR

Following is the speech by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered in Dili, East Timor, on the occasion of East Timor's accession to independence, 19 May 2002:

The Secretary-General left New York on Monday, 13 May, to start a trip which would take him to Cyprus, Indonesia and East Timor.