RESOLUTION ON RETURN OF UN WEAPONS INSPECTORS TO IRAQ IS BASED

ON ‘UNIQUE LEGITIMACY OF UN’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS COUNCIL

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council following today's adoption of resolution 1441 (2002) on Iraq:

IN UNCERTAIN TIMES, MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT UN,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS TOUR GUIDES

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the 50^th anniversary of guided tours at the United Nations, New York, on 6 November:

“Welcome to the United Nations.  My name is Kofi Annan, I’m from Ghana, and I’ll be your guide today.” 

WE CANNOT BE INDIFFERENT TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN INTRODUCING LECTURE SPEAKERS

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks today on introducing Professor Daphne Preuss and Professor Jennifer Thomson as speakers in the Secretary-General’s lecture series:

I am delighted to welcome you to the second lecture in this series.  It promises to be a highly exciting one.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘VERY ENCOURAGED’ BY SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF SECOND ROUND

OF PEACE TALKS ON SRI LANKA

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

HEADS OF SIX MAIN UNITED NATIONS BODIES HOLD FOURTH MEETING

The following statement was issued on 1 November by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL INVITES PRESIDENTS OF CAMEROON, NIGERIA TO MEET

FOLLOWING WORLD COURT JUDGMENT ON BORDER DISPUTE

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

The Secretary-General has remained in contact with the Presidents of Cameroon and Nigeria following their meeting in Paris on 5 September, and subsequent to the judgment delivered by the International Court of Justice on

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS AGREEMENT REACHED IN SUDAN

ALLOWING UNIMPEDED HUMANITARIAN ACCESS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS AGREEMENT REACHED IN SUDAN

ALLOWING UNIMPEDED HUMANITARIAN ACCESS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S TRIBUTE AT MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR FORMER

U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE CYRUS VANCE

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a memorial service in New York on 30 October for former United States Secretary of State Cyrus Vance:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS 2002 POVERTY ERADICATION AWARD RECIPIENTS

‘BRING HOPE TO ALL OF US’, PARTICULARLY EARTH’S MOST VULNERABLE

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Sixth Annual Poverty Eradication Awards Dinner in New York on 30 October:

It is a pleasure to join you tonight and to congratulate the recipients of this year’s Poverty Eradication Awards.