GROWING SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS IN LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IS ‘MOST PROMISING

PATHWAY’ IN OVERCOMING POVERTY TRAP, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Global Compact High-Level Round Table on Mobilizing Sustainable Investment in the Least Developed Countries, Johannesburg, 2 September:

UNSUSTAINABLE PRACTICES WOVEN DEEPLY INTO FABRIC OF MODERN LIFE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT

‘We Can and Must Weave in New Strands of Knowledge and Cooperation’, He Adds

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, 2 September:

BOTH BUSINESS AND SOCIETY STAND TO BENEFIT FROM WORKING TOGETHER,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Economic Development of Poorest Countries

Is of Fundamental Long-Term Interest to Global Community

Following is the text, as delivered, of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at “Business Day”, organized by Business Action for Sustainable Development, in Johannesburg on 1 September:

WORLD SUMMIT MUST SET HUMANKIND ON NEW PATH TO ENSURE SECURITY,

SURVIVAL OF PLANET, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for a plaque at the “Cradle of Humankind”, Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa, 1 September:

The Secretary-General flew from Botswana to Lesotho on Wednesday morning, 28 August.

The Secretary-General arrived in Gaborone, Botswana, in the morning of Tuesday, 27 August.

IF EFFECTIVENESS OF UN ARMS REGISTER IS STRENGTHENED, IT CAN SERVE

AS SIGNIFICANT EARLY-WARNING MECHANISM, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms,

30 August 2002:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DYNAMISM, COMMITMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE,

MEETING AT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SUMMIT IN EGYPT, 7-11 SEPTEMBER

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

LITERACY ‘A PREREQUISITE FOR PEACE’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN MESSAGE FOR ANNUAL DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for International Literacy Day, 8 September:

MOZAMBIQUE’S CONTINUING SUCCESS IS ‘BEST POSSIBLE ANTIDOTE’ TO SKEPTICS,

CYNICS ABOUT AFRICA, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

      Following is the text of a toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the dinner given by Joaquin Chissano, President of Mozambique, in Maputo on 29 August: