Following is the text of remarks made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Festival Mondial des Enfants in Basel, Switzerland, on 24 June:
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Jean-Marie Guéhenno of France as Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, effective 1 October.
The Secretary-General flew from the Middle East to Europe on Friday, 24 June, arriving in Basel, Switzerland, in the evening.
The Secretary-General and his party arrived in Damascus in the afternoon of Thursday, 22 June.
On his way to Damascus from Jerusalem, the Secretary-General travelled to Ramalah to meet with Yassir Arafat, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and President of the Palestinian Authority.
The Secretary-General travelled overland from Amman, Jordan, to Israel in the morning of Wednesday, 21 June.
The Secretary-General flew to Amman from Beirut in the morning of Tuesday, 20 June.
Following is the joint statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the President of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, on the occasion of Olympic Day, which is observed 23 June:
Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, which is observed on 26 June:
Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, "Facing Reality: Denial, Corruption and Violence", which is observed 26 June:
