DIGITAL DIVIDE STILL YAWNS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASSEMBLY SESSION

ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of the General Assembly plenary meeting on information and communication technologies for development, 17 June:

GREECE, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA EXCHANGE VIEWS

UNDER PROVISIONS OF INTERIM ACCORD

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

Biographical Note

Secretary-General Appoints Sukehiro Hasegawa of JapaN

Deputy Special Representative in East Timor

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.