The Secretary-General left New York for Belgium on Saturday, 12 May.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONCLUSION OF PROVISIONAL

SELF-GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT IN KOSOVO

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the conclusion of the Constitutional Framework for Provisional Self-Government in Kosovo and commends the consultative and inclusive manner in which this important document was elaborated.

SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES THAT FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF MITCHELL REPORT

RECOMMENDATIONS COULD HELP RESTART MIDDLE EAST PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

Following is the text of a statement issued yesterday, by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the report of the Sharm el-Sheik Fact-Finding Committee:

WITHOUT CONSERVATION, ECONOMIC GROWTH CANNOT BE SUSTAINED,

SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES

Following is the text of remarks made in Brussels yesterday by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the King Baudouin International Development Prize Ceremony:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Washington in the afternoon of Wednesday, 9 May.

IN BRUSSELS, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

TO CAMPAIGN FOR GENUINELY OPEN MARKETS

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Non-Governmental Forum at the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, delivered in Brussels this morning:

Thank you for that very warm welcome.

As you know I have left the Conference to come and talk to you.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES FORMATION OF NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT

IN FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

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

‘BEST HOPE’ FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WOULD BE NEW ROUND OF GLOBAL TRADE

NEGOTIATIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SPECIAL EVENT ON POVERTY ERADICATION

Following is the opening statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Special Event on the Challenge of Eradicating Poverty for Sustainable Development at the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, delivered in Brussels this morning.

IN ADDRESS TO THIRD UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SEES ‘LAST CHANCE OF BETTER LIFE’ FOR 600 MILLION PEOPLE

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the inaugural ceremony of the third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, delivered this morning in Brussels:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES TO CHEMICAL

WEAPONS CONVENTION, URGES SWIFT IMPLEMENTATION OF TREATY PROVISIONS

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the sixth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, delivered today at the Hague by Vladimir Petrovsky, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva: