SECRETARY-GENERAL MARKS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE WITH CALL FOR REFLECTION,

DIALOGUE ON MAJOR THREATS, CHALLENGES

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the International Day of Peace, 21 September:

ONE BILLION PEOPLE ARE THREATENED BY DESERTIFICATION, RECURRENT DROUGHTS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO CONVENTION PARTIES

(Delayed in transmission.)

ANNUAL SERVICE HELD AT TIME WHEN UNITED NATIONS FAMILY BADLY NEEDS

SOLACE OF PRAYER, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following are the remarks delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the prayer service held at the Holy Family Church in New York today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL QUESTIONS EXISTENCE OF ‘CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS’

IN REMARKS AT ‘ISLAM AND THE WEST’ LECTURE

Following are the introductory remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the lecture on “Islam and the West” by Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr delivered today in New York:

This afternoon, I am really honoured that Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr has accepted my invitation to give this lecture.

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ACCEPTANCE BY ALL STATES OF CONVENTION AGAINST LANDMINES,

PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO AFFECTED STATES

SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES SUPPORT FOR EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS,

ENCOURAGES COUNTRIES TO CONCLUDE SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENTS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the forty-seventh General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, delivered today by Nobuyasu Abe, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs:

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS SUSPENSION WITHOUT AGREEMENT OF TRADE TALKS IN CANCÚN

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS COUP D’ÉTAT IN GUINEA-BISSAU

The following statement was issued on 14 September by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ISRAEL TO RECONSIDER EXPULSION DECISION

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

The Secretary-General strongly urges the Israeli Government to reconsider the Security Cabinet’s decision in principle to expel President Yasser Arafat.  The forcible transfer of President Arafat is dangerous and counter-productive in a situation of tension and instability in the region.

AIM MUST BE FOR PEOPLE EVERYWHERE TO HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of the video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifth meeting of the UN Information and Communications Technology Task Force in Geneva, 12 September: