URBANIZATION OF POVERTY ONE OF NEW MILLENNIUM’S BIGGEST GLOBAL CHALLENGES,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the eighteenth session of the United Nations Commission on Human Settlements, delivered on his behalf by Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, Executive Director of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT), in Nairobi on 12 February:

HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCING CAN MARK TURNING POINT FOR POOR,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN STATEMENT TO PREPARATORY COMMITTEE

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Preparatory Committee for the High-level intergovernmental Event on Financing for Development in New York on 12 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NEW SPECIAL ADVISER FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING

      Secretary-General Kofi Annan today announced the appointment of Michael Doyle of the United States as Special Adviser in his Executive Office. 

Mr. Doyle will concentrate on policy analysis and strategic planning.  He will hold the rank of Assistant Secretary-General and will take up his duties on

2 April 2001.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR

TO GO TO AFGHANISTAN

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES NEW ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER,

EXPRESSES SINCERE HOPE SEARCH FOR PEACE WILL CONTINUE

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

The Secretary-General wishes to congratulate the leader of the Likud Party, Ariel Sharon, upon his election yesterday as Prime Minister of Israel.

SECRETARY-GENERAL LISTS MAIN POINTS OF UNITED NATIONS DISCUSSIONS

WITH REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ON PEACE-BUILDING

Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the concluding session of the fourth High-Level Meeting between the United Nations and Regional Organizations:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

NEED FOR COOPERATION IS GREATER THAN EVER

Following is the text of a statement made today in New York by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fourth high-level meeting of the United Nations and regional organizations:

I am delighted to welcome you to New York for this fourth high-level meeting between the United Nations and so many of the world's leading regional organizations.

IDEA OF ‘DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS’ ROOTED IN FUNDAMENTAL UN VALUES,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SETON HALL UNIVERSITY ADDRESS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations in South Orange, New Jersey, on 5 February:

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5 February 2001

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS THAT GREATER EFFORT NEEDED, IF MILLENNIUM

POVERTY-REDUCTION TARGET TO BE REACHED

Following is the text of remarks made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the launch of the Rural Poverty Report 2001 produced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD):