SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR TO MOROCCO,

CALLS FOR EARLY RELEASE OF REMAINING POWS

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

‘GREAT STAMINA, IRON POLITICAL WILL’ REQUIRED TO BUILD SUCCESSFUL

AFRICAN UNION, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the address, as delivered today, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 38^th Summit of the Organization of African Unity in Durban, South Africa:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DISSIDENT FORCES, LIBERIAN GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW

HUMANITARIAN ACCESS TO REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES WINNERS OF ANNUAL UN POPULATION AWARD

FOR ‘OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR WORLD’

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations, Gillian Sorensen, to the United Nations Population Awards Ceremony in New York on 1 July:

WORLD CANNOT AFFORD SECURITY COUNCIL’S DEEP DIVIDE ON SUCH IMPORTANT ISSUE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON FAILURE TO EXTEND BOSNIA MISSION

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council on 30 June concerning the non-extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH):

GLOBALIZING WORLD OFFERS UNPARALLELED OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE GREATER EQUITY

THROUGH SUSTAINED, BALANCED GROWTH, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Address to ECOSOCFocuses on Importance of Needs

Of Africa, Girls’ Education, Sustainable Development, Health Issues

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the High-level segment of the Economic and Social Council today:

‘THERE MUST BE NO RELENTING’ IN FIGHT AGAINST IMPUNITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

AS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ROME STATUTE COMES INTO FORCE

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 1 July:

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH A KEY TOOL IN WIDER BATTLE AGAINST POVERTY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN POPULATION DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Population Day, 11 July:

WITH COMMITMENT, ‘GROUP OF 8’ SUMMIT COULD MARK TURNING POINT FOR AFRICA,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN CANADA

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a Group of 8 (G-8) Press Conference in Kananaskis, Canada, on 27 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO TANZANIAN PEOPLE,

GOVERNMENT AFTER YESTERDAY’S TRAIN DISASTER

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