INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION AIMS TO LIMIT LOSSES AND SUFFERING,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE ON DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Reduction, 10 October:

IMPLEMENTATION OF DESERTIFICATION CONVENTION A FACTOR FOR STABILITY, ENSURING FOOD

SECURITY, PREVENTING MIGRATORY FLOWS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of a message by the Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Geneva:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED AT LOSS OF UN HELICOPTER IN GEORGIA

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

The Secretary-General was shocked to learn today that a United Nations  helicopter carrying nine passengers and crew was reportedly shot down in the western part of the Kodori Valley in Georgia.

‘TO DEFEAT TERRORISM, WE NEED A SUSTAINED EFFORT AND BROAD STRATEGY

THAT UNITE ALL NATIONS’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on military strikes in Afghanistan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL LOOKS FORWARD TO CONVENING OF PROPOSED SUMMIT

OF LEADERS OF GUINEA, LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES PROFOUND SORROW

AT NEWS OF RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH

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

JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL AND SEVEN LEADING RESEARCH-BASED

PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ON ACCESS TO HIV/AIDS CARE AND TREATMENT

Following is the text of a joint communiqué issued today in New York by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and seven pharmaceutical companies:

ENVOY OF SECRETARY-GENERAL CHAIRS MEETING BETWEEN AMBASSADORS

OF GREECE, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY, URGES GOVERNMENTS

TO GIVE PRIORITY TO ILLNESS 'EXACERBATED BY DISCRIMINATION'

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the launching today of the World Health Report and on the observance of World Mental Health Day (10 October 2001):

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘STRONGLY DEPLORES’ RECENT VIOLENCE,

HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE IN MIDDLE EAST

‘Urges All Sides to Exercise Maximum Restraint’

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: