SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED AT DEATH OF LEOPOLD SEDAR-SENGHOR,

FIRST PRESIDENT OF SENEGAL

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of Leopold Sedar-Senghor:

‘I WANT TO SEE STRONG AND FOCUSED RESPONSES TO PEOPLE’S REAL NEEDS

IN EVERY AREA, INCLUDING HEALTH’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the release of the report of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health in London today, 20 December:

UN WELCOMES GROWING PARTNERSHIP WITH WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO DAKAR MEETING

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT HEADQUARTERS, 19 DECEMBER

The Secretary-General: As usual, we meet before the holidays to thank you for all your interest and support during the year 2001 and to wish you all the very best for 2002.

This has been an extraordinary year -- an extraordinary year for the United Nations, for New York, for the United States and for much of the world.

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS UNITED STATES DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM ABM TREATY

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, OUTRAGED BY TERRORIST ATTACK ON INDIAN PARLIAMENT,

CONVEYS CONDOLENCES TO GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE OF INDIA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, DISTURBED BY UPSURGE OF VIOLENCE IN MIDDLE EAST,

URGES PARTIES BACK TO NEGOTIATING TABLE

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

The Secretary-General is deeply disturbed by the recent upsurge of violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.

IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR

WIDER SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL COVENANT ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS

Migration Called ‘Fact of Life’ of Modern World, Positive

Factor for Host and Home Countries; Exploitation of Workers a Concern

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the observance of 18 December as International Migrants Day:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS 'ETERNAL' HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES EMBODIED

BY CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION, IN MESSAGE TO REVIEW CONFERENCE

WORLD MUST ENSURE MOUNTAIN REGIONS PROVIDE THEIR RICHES FOR MANY GENERATIONS

TO COME, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR YEAR OF MOUNTAINS (2002)

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the United Nations Year of Mountains (2002):