Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed New York for Nigeria on Saturday, 21 April.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NEW US DEFENCE POLICY, INCLUDING PLANS FOR MISSILE

DEFENCES, IMPACTS ON GLOBAL SECURITY AND STRATEGIC STABILITY

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

FREE PRESS CAN ACT AS VOICE OF PEOPLE AGAINST TYRANNY AND OPPRESSION,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World Press Freedom Day, which is observed on 3 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ISRAELI MEASURES IN PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES,

BUT SAYS DECISIVE ASPECT WILL BE IMPLEMENTATION

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ECOSOC AND BRETTON WOODS BODIES TO KEEP NEEDS

AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE POOR AT TOP OF THEIR AGENDA

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the fourth meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the Bretton Woods institutions, held today at Headquarters:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISMAYED AT DEATH OF EIGHT SECURITY FORCE MEMBERS

IN FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

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

The Secretary-General expresses his dismay at the death of eight members of the security forces of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and wishes to convey his condolences to their families.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR NATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND LOCAL INVOLVEMENT IN FIGHT

AGAINST HIV/AIDS, AT CONFERENCE OF COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS

Following is the text, as delivered, of the address made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today to the Annual Conference of the Council on Foundations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR MORE SUSTAINABLE BASIS FOR DEVELOPMENT EXIST,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS BUCHAREST SUMMIT

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Summit on Environment and Sustainable Development in the Danube-Carpathian Region, delivered today in Bucharest, Romania, on his behalf by Danuta Hübner, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE):

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO COMOROS PARTIES TO ADHERE

TO FRAMEWORK RECONCILIATION AGREEMENT

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the situation in the Comoros:

SECRETARY-GENERAL GREATLY DISTRESSED AT MURDERS OF SIX HUMANITARIAN

WORKERS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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