SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SHALINI DEWAN AS DIRECTOR

OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRE IN ROME

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Shalini Dewan as the Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Rome.  She took up her duties on

3 December.

MAJOR-GENERAL JIN HA HWANG APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER

OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN CYPRUS

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major-General Jin Ha Hwang of the Republic of Korea as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) to succeed Major-General Victory Rana who relinquishes his post on 15 December 2001.

IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR

WIDER SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL COVENANT ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS

Migration Called ‘Fact of Life’ of Modern World, Positive

Factor for Host and Home Countries; Exploitation of Workers a Concern

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the observance of 18 December as International Migrants Day:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS 'ETERNAL' HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES EMBODIED

BY CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION, IN MESSAGE TO REVIEW CONFERENCE

WORLD MUST ENSURE MOUNTAIN REGIONS PROVIDE THEIR RICHES FOR MANY GENERATIONS

TO COME, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR YEAR OF MOUNTAINS (2002)

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the United Nations Year of Mountains (2002):

EAST TIMOR’S MEMORABLE JOURNEY FROM HEARTBREAK TO INDEPENDENCE NEAR END

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS HE URGES LONG-TERM ENGAGEMENT FROM DONORS

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening sessions of a donor meeting on East Timor in Oslo 11 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, DESCRIBING BROAD CHALLENGES FACING UNITED NATIONS,

TELLS OSLO MEETING ‘WE MUST MOVE AHEAD AS PARTNERS’ TO ACHIEVE GOALS

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to a meeting of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) hosted by the United Nations Association of Norway, in Oslo, 11 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO KOSOVO’S INAUGURAL ASSEMBLY SESSION,

SAYS ‘THIS IS A DAY OF HOPE’ AND OCCASION FOR RENEWED RESOLVE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the inaugural session of the Assembly of Kosovo, delivered by Hans Haekkerup, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, in Pristina on 10 December:

‘WE CAN LOVE WHAT WE ARE, WITHOUT HATING WHAT – AND WHO – WE ARE NOT,’

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN NOBEL LECTURE

Following is the text of the Nobel Lecture delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Oslo:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ACCEPTS ART WORK GIFT FROM CANADA

MARKING INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF VOLUNTEERS

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today, in the presence of Alfonso Gagliano, Canadian Minister of Public Works and Government Services, and D. Felipe de Borbón, Prince of Asturias, at a ceremony to receive a gift from Canada to commemorate the International Year of Volunteers: