RALPH BUNCHE TOWERING 20^TH CENTURY FIGURE, BLAZING IDEALIST, CHAMPION

OF PEACE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT HEADQUARTERS CEREMONY

Following are the remarks of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan at the ceremony marking issuance of the United Nations Stamp commemorating Ralph Bunche and the centenary of his birth, in New York on 7 August:

‘WITHOUT URGENT ACTION MORE LIVES WILL BE LOST’ SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,

AS UN HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES REQUEST EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR LIBERIA

Following is the Kofi Annan’s message for the launch of the Revised Humanitarian Appeal for Liberia, delivered by Jacques Paul Klein, his Special Representative for Liberia, in New York on 6 August:

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS REGIONAL RESPONSE TO SOLOMON ISLANDS CRISIS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL HORRIFIED BY JAKARTA BOMB ATTACK; CONDEMNS

‘DESPICABLE’ ACT IN STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS

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

The Secretary-General is horrified at the bomb explosion today at the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, reportedly killing at least 10 people and injuring many more.  He condemns in the strongest possible terms this apparent act of terrorism.

STRATEGIES NEEDED TO OFFER YOUNG CHANCE AT DECENT, PRODUCTIVE WORK

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY

Following is Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s message on International Youth Day, observed 12 August:

UNITED NATIONS CANNOT CONDONE PERSECUTION, DISCRIMINATION ‘ON ANY GROUNDS’, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOLLOWING HEADQUARTERS EVENT ON RIGHTS OF LESBIANS, GAYS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ESTABLISHMENT, SWIFT DEPLOYMENT

OF LIBERIA MULTINATIONAL FORCE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘BRUTAL MURDER’ OF UN POLICE OFFICER IN KOSOVO

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

The Secretary-General is shocked and outraged at the killing of a United Nations police officer in an attack on a police vehicle in the northern part of Kosovo.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY PROSPECT OF EARLY

SIX-WAY TALKS ON KOREAN ISSUES

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

GLOBAL COMMUNITY MUST DO MORE TO DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

AND NON-PROLIFERATION, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PEOPLE OF HIROSHIMA

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Peace Memorial Ceremony, on 6 August in Hiroshima, Japan: