SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES GLOBAL ACTION ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT,

IN ADDRESS TO ECOSOC HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

GENEVA, 30 June (UN Information Service) -- The following is the address given Monday morning, 30 June, by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening meeting of the 2003 substantive session of the Economic and Social Council, in Room XIX of the Palais des Nations:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ‘CRITICALLY IMPORTANT’

ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN AGREEMENT, COMMENDS US ROLE

The following statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General was issued on 27 June:

ENTRY INTO FORCE OF CONVENTION ON MIGRANT WORKERS LANDMARK IN STRUGGLE

FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the entry into force on 1 July of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families:

IBN KHALDUN CENTRE HAS KEY ROLE IN ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE, DEVELOPMENT

IN EGYPT, ARAB WORLD, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ceremony marking the re-opening of the Ibn Khaldun Centre for Development Studies, delivered by Chris Czerwinski, Representative of the World Food Programme and United Nations Resident Coordinator (a.i.) in Egypt, in Cairo today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CEASEFIRE ANNOUNCEMENT BY PALESTINIAN GROUPS

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

INFORMATION, SERVICES CRUCIAL TO FIGHT AGAINST AIDS, BROADER QUEST FOR GOOD

HEALTH, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN POPULATION DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Population Day, 11 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED AT RENEWED FIGHTING IN LIBERIA,

CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES

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

COOPERATIVES PROVIDE VITAL HEALTH, HOUSING, BANKING SERVICES,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the United Nations International Day of Cooperatives, 5 July 2003:

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED AT REPORT CONCERNING

DETENTION OF DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI IN MYANMAR

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS WORLD AT CROSSROADS BETWEEN HORRORS,

HOPE OF 20TH CENTURY, IN ADDRESS TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the closing plenary of the World Economic Forum, entitled “Visions for a Shared Future”, delivered on the shores of the Dead Sea, Jordan, 23 June:

At this place and this time we must feel ourselves at a crossroads of history.