TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT HEADQUARTERS, 22 APRIL

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘MONTERREY CONSENSUS’ MUST NOW BE MEANINGFULLY IMPLEMENTED,

IN ADDRESS TO ECOSOC MEETING WITH BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the High-Level Meeting of the Economic and Social Council and the Bretton Woods institutions in New York on 22 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES FULL CONFIDENCE IN MIDDLE EAST SPECIAL COORDINATOR

FOLLOWING PUBLIC CRITICISM BY ISRAELI GOVERNMENT

The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was issued Sunday, 21 April by his Spokesman:

BUILDING STRONG, PEACEFUL AFRICA WILL HONOUR MEMORY OF JULIUS K. NYERERE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO BIRTHDAY COMMEMORATION

Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the commemorative meeting marking the 80^th birthday of Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere in New York on 15 April:

SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MYANMAR WILL VISIT YANGON, 23-26 APRIL

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

Razali Ismail, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar, will visit Yangon from 23 to 26 April 2002 to help facilitate the national reconciliation process in Myanmar.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON MADAGASCAR

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

                                                            SG/SM/8201

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES LENA SUNDH (SWEDEN) DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS TOM KÖNIGS OF GERMANY AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

IN GUATEMALA, HEAD OF MINUGUA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ADDRESS BOARD OF GLOBAL FUND

TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA