SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOLLOWING DECISION IN LOCKERBIE TRIAL APPEAL,

SAYS FAMILIES CAN PERHAPS NOW CLOSE 'TRAGIC CHAPTER'

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

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT HEADQUARTERS, 13 MARCH

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL MIDDLE EAST CRISIS ‘WORST IN TEN YEARS;’

CALLS ON PALESTINIANS, ISRAELIS TO ‘LEAD YOUR PEOPLES AWAY FROM DISASTER’

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council’s 12 March meeting on the situation in the Middle East:

‘DIGITAL BRIDGES’ MUST BE BUILT TO BILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN EXTREME POVERTY

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO INTERNET MEETING IN GHANA

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) being held in Accra, Ghana, from 10 to 14 March:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS KILLING OF UN STAFF MEMBER

BY ISRAELI SOLDIERS IN WEST BANK

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADVANCE OF ZIMBABWE’S WEEKEND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

URGES PEOPLE TO VOTE WITHOUT FEAR, IN KNOWLEDGE BALLOT IS SECRET

The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was issued today in New York:

NEGLECTING PREVENTIVE ACTION ‘A RECIPE FOR DISASTER’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

Following is the text of yesterday’s address by Secretary-General Kofi Annanto the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations:

INSPIRATION FOR PEACE IN MIDEAST MUST COME FROM LEADERS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

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

‘OFTEN THE ONLY CHOICE WE CAN MAKE IS THE CHOICE OF WHOM WE DISAPPOINT MOST’

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF DPA FIELD PRESENCES

Following is the text of talking points suggested by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the first annual meeting of the Department of Political Affairs field presences, at its session on “Reconciling Justice with Forgiveness”: