SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES COMPLETION OF SIERRA LEONE DISARMAMENT PROCESS,

STRESSES CRUCIAL TASKS REMAINING

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘MURDEROUS ATTACK’ IN ISRAEL,

REITERATES CALL FOR RETURN TO DIALOGUE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES PEOPLE OF EL SALVADOR

ON TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF PEACE ACCORDS

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for

Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY SUPPORTS SADC EFFORTS TO FACILITATE

FREE, FAIR ELECTIONS IN ZIMBABWE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT IN COLOMBIA; URGES

SUBSTANTIVE PROGRESS, GREATER CIVILIAN PROTECTION

The following statement was issued on Monday, 14 January, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

MONTERREY CONFERENCE BEST CHANCE TO UNLOCK DESPERATELY NEEDED FINANCIAL

RESOURCES, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO PREPARATORY COMMITTEE

Following is the statement made today in New York by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fourth session of the Preparatory Committee for the International Conference on Financing for Development:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR FURTHER EFFORTS

TO RESOLVE CRISIS IN COLOMBIAN PEACE TALKS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES EMPHASIS ON TOLERANCE, RULE OF LAW, NEED TO FIGHT

TERRORISM IN SPEECH BY PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN

Calls on Both Sides To Reduce Tension, Enable Resumption of Dialogue

The following statement was issued on 12 January by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED AT DEATH OF CYRUS VANCE,

FORMER UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE

The following statement was issued on 13 January by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Cyrus Vance, the former United States Secretary of State, who undertook many important missions for the United Nations, notably in the former Yugoslavia.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TANGIBLE RESULTS POSSIBLE AT CONFERENCE ON FINANCING

FOR DEVELOPMENT IF GROUP OF 77 CREATES REALISTIC PLATFORM FOR NEGOTIATIONS

Following is the text of remarks today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ceremony marking the turnover of chairmanship of the Group of 77 from Iran to Venezuela: