Secretary-General

ADDRESSING HAGUE INTERNATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS

HELP OF YOUTH IN IMPLEMENTING MILLENNIUM GOALS

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Hague International Model United Nations, delivered at The Hague today,

1 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF MARJORIE TIVEN AS NEW YORK CITY

COMMISSIONER FOR UNITED NATIONS, CONSULAR CORPS

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

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Austria in the evening of Sunday, 27 January. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES OBSERVANCE OF OLYMPIC TRUCE

DURING SALT LAKE CITY WINTER GAMES

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan calling for observance of the Olympic Truce:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NIGEL FISHER AS DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS IN AFGHANISTAN

While on his first official visit to Kabul on 25 January 2002, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced the appointment of Nigel Fisher as his Deputy Special Representative for Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan.

The Secretary-General arrived in Tehran from Afghanistan in the evening of Friday, 25 January 2002.

The Secretary-General arrived in Kabul this morning to offer moral support to the new Interim Administration and to thank members of the United Nations staff in Afghanistan for their sustained effort to provide humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people.

The Secretary-General left Tokyo for Islamabad, Pakistan, on the morning of Wednesday, 23 January, stopping in Bangkok, Thailand, to pick up a private plane that Qatar made available to him for the next legs of his trip.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Tokyo in the afternoon of Sunday, 20 January, where he met with United States Secretary of State Colin Powell for a half-hour review of world issues, starting with Afghanistan.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MICHAEL STEINER

AS HIS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR KOSOVO

The Secretary-General has appointed Michael Steiner of Germany to be his Special Representative for Kosovo.