POLICIES, LAWS SUPPORTING GROWTH ARE VITAL, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

IN MESSAGE MARKING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COOPERATIVES

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day of Cooperatives, 3 July:

israel’s gaza wthdraWAl could be bridge towards resuming meaningful

peace process, says Secretary-General to capetown meeting

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the United Nations African Meeting in Support of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, delivered by Peter Hansen, Commissioner-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), in Cape Town, 29 June:

cairo population agenda ‘practical blueprint’ for reducing poverty,

says Secretary-General in message to san juan meeting

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the meeting of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development, delivered by José Luis Machinea, Executive Secretary, ECLAC, in San Juan, 29 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS DEEP CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES, GOVERNMENTS

FOLLOWING CRASH OF UN MISSION HELICOPTER IN SIERRA LEONE

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

Secretary-General promises continued un support for central africa peace,

development efforts in message to security meeting in malabo

(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French.)

Secretary-General urges full implementation of landmark

un treaty against transnational organized crime

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the first session of the Conference of the Parties to the Untied Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime delivered by Antonio Maria Costa, Director-General, United Nations Office at Vienna, in Vienna, 28 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL instructs management to quickly address

personnel issues raised concerning oversight office

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan in response to questions following the Secretary-General’s press conference on Friday and a New York Sun article today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL welcomes IRAQ ‘back into family

of independent and sovereign nations’

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

strategy is needed to bring about green revolution in africa, Secretary-General

says at launch of interacademy council report on african agriculture

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 25 June 2004

The Secretary-General:  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming this morning.  I know it is a bit early for some of us, but I am leaving this weekend for a long overseas trip, and I thought I should talk to you and answer your questions before I go.