SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO FOUNDER/PRESIDENT OF WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan made at a Candlelight Award presentation to Klaus Schwab, founder and president of the World Economic Forum, held in New York on 10 September:

It is a great pleasure to be with you tonight, and to say a few words in honour of Klaus Schwab. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DELEGATES TO TAKE UP CHILDREN’S ISSUE SOON,

DESPITE SPECIAL SESSION POSTPONEMENT

Following is the text of a statement to the General Assembly today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan regarding postponement of the special session on children:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACK ON UNITED STATES

‘IN STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS’

Following is the text of a statement to the Security Council made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

ADDRESSING CONCLUDING SESSION OF FIFTY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION,

OUTGOING PRESIDENT STRESSES FOLLOW-UP TO MILLENNIUM GOALS

Following is the text of the statement by General Assembly President Harri Holkeri (Finland), at the concluding session of the fifty-fifth General Assembly, 10 September 2001:

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

ON TERRORIST ATTACKS IN UNITED STATES

Following is the text of today’s press statement on the terrorist attacks in the United States by the President of the Security Council, Jean-David Levitte (France):

                Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

We are all traumatized by this terrible tragedy.  We do not know yet how many people have been killed or injured, but inevitably the number will be high.  Our first thoughts and prayers must be for them and for their families.  I wish to express my profound condolences to them, and to the people and Government of the United States.

MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE

11 September 2001

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of International Day Of Peace (11 September):

The International Day of Peace is a day on which we try to imagine a world quite different from the one we know.

We try to picture those who wage war laying down their arms and talking out their differences.

Security Council

4368^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES SUCCESSFUL EAST TIMOR ELECTIONS

The Security Council this morning warmly welcomed the successful staging of the elections for East Timor’s first Constituent Assembly on 30 August.

MILLENNIUM SUMMIT, FORUM PROVIDE MOMENTUM FOR TRUE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN

CIVIL SOCIETY, UNITED NATIONS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STATES

Following is the text of a statement made yesterday by General Assembly President Harri Holkeri (Finland) to the annual meeting of the World Federation of United Nations Associations:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Mrs. Nane Annan arrived in Sweden from Africa in the morning of Wednesday, 5 September.