SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS MILLIONS MORE PEOPLE AROUND WORLD WILL BE VULNERABLE

TO POVERTY AS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCE OF EVENTS OF 11 SEPTEMBER

Message for International Day Urges Renewed Commitment

To Millennium Declaration on Improving Conditions of Least-Advantaged

ALL AT UNITED NATIONS HONOURED, HUMBLED BY NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AWARD,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN UN DAY MESSAGE

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of United Nations Day, 24 October 2001:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES REDEDICATION TO WAR AGAINST HUNGER, POVERTY,

IN MESSAGE ON WORLD FOOD DAY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World Food Day, observed 16 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AWARD PROCLAIMS UNITED NATIONS

IS ONLY ROUTE TO GLOBAL PEACE AND COOPERATION

Security Council Members Told Their Role Is Acknowledged

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT HEADQUARTERS,

12 OCTOBER, FOLLOWING AWARD TO SECRETARY-GENERAL AND UN OF NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING ASSEMBLY, CALLS 2001 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

‘HONOUR FOR THE WHOLE UNITED NATIONS’

The following is the text of this morning’s statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly on the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize award:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ‘SPIRIT OF OPENNESS, TOLERANCE’ AS CÔTE D’IVOIRE

FORUM FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION OPENS

Following is the text of the message (originally delivered in French, on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Ibrahima Fall) of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Forum for National Reconciliation in Côte d’Ivoire:

For release on delivery

ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE HAS CENTRAL ROLE IN DEVISING EFFECTIVE STRATEGY

TO COMBAT TERRORISM, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan (to be delivered by Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa) to the Organization of Islamic Conference Extraordinary Foreign Minister Conference in Doha on 10 October:

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: