Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Switzerland on Friday, 13 July 2001.

PEACE PROCESS IN DRC NOT YET IRREVERSIBLE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 24 July:

Biographical Note                                           SG/A/772/Rev.1*

Biographical Note                                           SG/A/772*

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES BONN AGREEMENTS ON EMISSION LIMITATION

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for

Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS MOVE TO STRENGTHEN BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION;

MEASURES UNDER REVIEW TO MONITOR IMPLEMENTATION, VERIFY COMPLIANCE

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan (to be delivered on his behalf by Jayantha Dhanapala, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs) to the meeting in Geneva on 25 July of the Ad Hoc Group of the States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES CONFERENCE ON ‘IMPORTANT FIRST STEPS’

TO COMBAT SMALL-ARMS SCOURGE

      The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the conclusion of the Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms:

SECRETARY-GENERAL THANKS G-8 LEADERS FOR ‘EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESSION

OF SUPPORT’ IN FIGHT AGAINST AIDS

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to a press event at the conference of G-8 Heads of State in Genoa, Italy:

MAJOR GENERAL HERMANN K. LOIDOLT APPOINTED CHIEF MILITARY OBSERVER

IN UNITED NATIONS MILITARY OBSERVER GROUP IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major General Hermann K. Loidolt of Austria as Chief Military Observer in the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) to succeed Major General Saavedra whose contract expired on 10 July.

BOTH SIDES MUST MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO RESTORE CEASEFIRE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MADRID MEETING ON MIDDLE EAST