SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES HAMID KARZAI ON HIS ELECTION

AS HEAD OF AFGHAN TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITY

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

FIGHTING AIDS COMBINES GOOD BUSINESS WITH DOING GOOD, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS

GLOBAL BUSINESS COALITION ON HIV/AIDS

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the programme for the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS Awards for Business Excellence 2002 in New York on 12 June:

The Secretary-General departed Geneva on Sunday, 9 June.  He arrived in Rome in the late afternoon, where he met immediately with James Morris, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP).

SPREAD OF TERRORISM THREAT TO VERY FOUNDATIONS OF UNITED NATIONS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO LISBON ANTI-TERRORISM MEETING

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Danilo Turk, to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) High-level Conference on Preventing and Combating Terrorism in Lisbon, Portugal, on 12 June:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES MOUSTAPHA NIASSE (SENEGAL) SPECIAL ENVOY TO FACILITATE

AGREEMENT ON POWER SHARING DURING TRANSITION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Secretary-General Kofi Annan left Moscow on Thursday morning, 6 June, and flew to Geneva, arriving at midday.

ANTI-DESERTIFICATION CONVENTION KEY ELEMENT IN QUEST FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, which is observed 17 June:

Desertification and drought pose a worldwide threat with serious economic, environmental and socio-political implications.

‘NO TIME TO WASTE’ IF GOAL OF HALVING POVERTY BY 2015 TO BE REACHED,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ROME FOOD SUMMIT

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Food Summit in Rome, 10 June 2002:

GLOBALIZATION’S CHALLENGES MAKE WELL-ORGANIZED STATES MORE NECESSARY, NOT LESS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO GENEVA CONFERENCE

Following is the keynote address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Conference on Globalization and International Relations in the Twenty-first Century, delivered on 7 June at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva: