SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CHILDREN, ‘YOUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD’ AT SPECIAL SESSION,

IN REMARKS TO CHILDREN’S FORUM

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered in New York on 5 May to the Children’s Forum, held before the General Assembly Special Session on Children:

Welcome to the United Nations.  This is a very special occasion to help us prepare for a very special session.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARMLY WELCOMES RELEASE OF POLITICAL LEADER

DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI IN MYANMAR

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

The Secretary-General, accompanied by his Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Terje Roed-Larsen, travelled to Washington, D.C. in the afternoon of Thursday, 2 May, for discussions with the so-called “Quartet” on the situation in the Middle East.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISBANDING JENIN FACT-FINDING TEAM

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES TO SEE ‘DECISIVE PROGRESS’ IN UPCOMING CYPRUS TALKS

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

Alvaro de Soto, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus, briefed the members of the Security Council this afternoon on talks in Cyprus between

PRESS REPORTS ON POSSIBLE RESIGNATION OF PERSONAL ENVOY

FOR WESTERN SAHARA INCORRECT

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

JOINT MESSAGE FOR WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, 3 MAY, BY UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-

GENERAL, DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNESCO, UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

This year, World Press Freedom Day is devoted to the question of terrorism and media freedom.  Above all, it is dedicated to those courageous journalists who put themselves at serious risk, and sometimes pay the highest penalty, by exercising their profession.

DISCUSSIONS CONCLUDE BETWEEN UN, ISRAEL ON FACT-FINDING TEAM;

ISRAELI CABINET TO TAKE FORMAL DECISION 28 APRIL

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON SIXTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT, INDICATES

SHIFT IN UN ASSISTANCE TOWARDS LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT

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

Today, 26 April, marks the sixteenth anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY CONCLUDES FOUR-DAY MISSION TO MYANMAR

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

Razali Ismail, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Myanmar, left Yangon Friday after concluding his four-day mission aimed at helping facilitate the national reconciliation process in Myanmar.