SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS KEY ELEMENTS OF QUARTET PLAN FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's introductory remarks to the press following the meeting of the quartet at United Nations Headquarters today:

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IRAQ’S ‘COURAGEOUS DECISION’ ON WEAPONS INSPECTORS MUST LEAD TO LIFTING

OF SANCTIONS, ALGERIA’S PRESIDENT TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Other Speakers Also Welcome Iraq’s Announcement,

EFFORTS MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO PREPARE GROUND FOR PEACE, DEMOCRACY,

GOOD GOVERNANCE IN LIBERIA, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Inaugural Meeting of the International Contact Group on Liberia, delivered today by Mr. Tuliameni Kalomoh, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs:

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PERVASIVE THREATS TO PEACE, DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTED BY SPEAKERS

AS ASSEMBLY CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

As the General Assembly continued its general debate this afternoon, speakers highlighted the various obstacles threatening the achievement of peace and development, including foreign occupation, conflicts, trade imbalances and HIV/AIDS.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS JAPAN-DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA PYONGYANG

DECLARATION ‘LANDMARK CONTRIBUTION TO REGIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY’

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES ‘SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP’ BETWEEN GLOBAL GOALS ON POVERTY,

NEW PLAN FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT, IN STATEMENT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting of the General Assembly devoted to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) in New York on 16 September:

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AT PANEL DISCUSSION, AFRICAN LEADERS CONSIDER WAYS TO SUPPORT

NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT

Participants Include Presidents

Of Nigeria, South Africa, Algeria, Senegal

MINISTERS FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SECURITY COUNCIL'S FIVE PERMANENT

MEMBERS, SECRETARY-GENERAL MEET, DISCUSS RANGE OF ISSUES

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‘CONFLICT AND DEVELOPMENT ARE MORTAL ENEMIES’, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TELLS

HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

The following statement was delivered today by Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), President of the General Assembly, at the General Assembly’s high-level plenary meeting on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD):

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONFIDENT THAT EAST TIMOR’S NEW INSTITUTIONS

WILL SAFEGUARD DEMOCRATIC INDEPENDENCE

The following message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the UNITAR conference on UNTAET was delivered by Marcel Boisard, Executive Director, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in Tokyo today: