Secretary-General

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Moscow from Kiev early in the afternoon of Tuesday 4 June.

The Secretary-General departed New York for Ukraine on Saturday, 1 June.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING MOSCOW AWARD, SAYS STRENGTH OF RUSSIAN SPIRIT

‘IS YOUR COUNTRY’S GREATEST NATURAL ASSET’

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on receiving the Commemorative Medal of Prince Gorchakov, Moscow, 5 June:

I am deeply honoured by this award -- and doubly so since I am the first non-Russian to receive it.

‘FUTURE OF HUMANITY LIES IN CITIES’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS

MOSCOW CONFERENCE ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Conference on Sustainable Urban Development in Russia, Moscow, 5 June:

RESPONDING TO ISRAEL BOMB ATTACK, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

PEACE PROCESS MUST NOT BE DERAILED

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

The Secretary-General was appalled by this morning’s bomb attack in northern Israel.

It comes at a time when there is a concerted international effort to convene a peace conference on the Middle East.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘TIMELY’ ASIA CONFIDENCE-BUILDING SUMMIT EVIDENCE

NATIONS CAN WORK TOGETHER IN PRACTICAL WAYS TO PROMOTE COMMON SECURITY

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the summit meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building in Asia (CICA), delivered on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Danilo Turk in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 4 June:

ACCEPTING UKRAINIAN AWARD, SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES COUNTRY

ON PATH TAKEN SINCE INDEPENDENCE

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on receiving the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise in Kiev, Ukraine, on 3 June:

You have truly honoured me by giving me this order.  I know that Yaroslav the Wise is one of your country’s most respected historical figures -- and I shall certainly wear his order with respect.

PARTNERSHIP, RESOURCES, ACTION BY YOUNG NEEDED IN AIDS FIGHT,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO UKRAINE AIDS COMMISSION

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the partnership meeting with the Inter-Ministerial AIDS Commission of Ukraine in Kiev on 3 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES RECENT PUBLIC ATTACKS AGAINST MISSION

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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