TRUE AFGHAN PEACE NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT RESTORATION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO BRUSSELS SUMMIT

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Afghan Women’s Summit for Democracy, being held in Brussels 4 to 5 December, delivered today on his behalf by Angela King, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED AT AGREEMENT TO START

DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS BY PARTIES IN CYPRUS

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

The Secretary-General is very pleased at the agreement reached today by Mr. Clerides and Mr. Denktash to start direct negotiations in mid-January 2002, at his invitation.

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FIFTH COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE INFORMAL DISCUSSION OF 2002-2003 BUDGET,

STAFF PENSIONS, HONORARIA, ECOSOC AND DISARMAMENT-RELATED MATTERS

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘JOINS MILLIONS OF OTHER FANS IN GIVING THANKS’

FOR GEORGE HARRISON’S LIFE

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 1 December by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: 

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‘UNITED NATIONS IS URGENTLY ENGAGED IN HELPING AFGHANISTAN EMBARK ON A NEW

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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY ENCOURAGES DEVELOPMENT OF DIALOGUE IN MYANMAR

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS BOMBINGS IN JERUSALEM, HAIFA AS TERRORISM;

CALLS ON PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TO BRING THOSE RESPONSIBLE TO JUSTICE

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday, 2 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HONOURS LUCIANO PAVAROTTI AS ‘PROTECTOR OF

SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS AND AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL’

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Kennedy Center Tribute to Luciano Pavarotti in Washington D.C. on 2 December:

Tonight, you are rightly honouring Luciano Pavarotti for his lifetime contribution to music and the arts. 

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CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION WILL HELP ENSURE SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT, CONVENTION OFFICIAL TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

CORRECTION

On page 8 of Press Release GA/EF/2983 of 28 November, the penultimate paragraph should read: