‘WORLD HAS RARELY NEEDED THE UN AS MUCH AS IT DOES TODAY’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS GUESTS AT VISIONARIES AWARDS DINNER

Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) International Visionaries Awards Dinner, Washington, D.C., 12 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT

POST-CONFLICT PEACE-BUILDING IN SIERRA LEONE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Consultative Group Meeting for Sierra Leone, delivered by Hédi Annabi, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Paris, 13 November:

COOPERATION AMONG UNITED NATIONS BODIES CRUCIAL

FOR SUCCESS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the inauguration of the United Nations House in Turkey, delivered by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund, in Ankara today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MEET WITH PRESIDENTS OF CAMEROON, NIGERIA

ON 15 NOVEMBER IN GENEVA

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

Following his statement on 1 November 2002, the Secretary-General wrote to President Paul Biya of Cameroon and President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria on

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 12 NOVEMBER 2002

The Secretary-General:  I would like to announce to you this morning the appointment of Catherine Bertini as the new Under-Secretary-General for Management, succeeding Joseph Connor, who will be leaving us after eight years of outstanding service as head of the Department of Management.

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES FORMER LATIN AMERICAN PRESIDENTS TO ‘HELP

STRENGTHEN THE DEMOCRATIC AGENDA’ THROUGHOUT CONTINENT

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at his meeting with former Latin American Presidents, New York, 12 November:

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to United Nations Headquarters -– or should I say, welcome back to the United Nations.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES BASIS FOR AGREEMENT TO CYPRUS PARTIES

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

The Secretary-General conveyed today to Mr. Clerides, the Greek Cypriot leader, and to Mr. Rauf Denktash, the Turkish Cypriot leader, a document providing a basis for agreement on a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem.

APPALLED BY LATEST MIDDLE EAST ATTACK, SECRETARY-GENERAL REMAINS CONCERNED

AT ‘BROADER ISSUE’ OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE

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

MUCH MORE EFFORT NEEDED TO CREATE VIOLENCE-FREE ENVIRONMENT

FOR WOMEN, GIRLS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2002:

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MYANMAR TO CONFER

WITH LEADING FIGURES IN YANGON, 12 - 16 NOVEMBER

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

Razali Ismail, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar, will visit Yangon from 12 to 16 November 2002 to help facilitate the national reconciliation process in Myanmar.  It will be his ninth mission as Special Envoy.