‘AID DOES WORK’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, 21 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HOPE THAT LATEST MIDEAST VIOLENCE

WILL NOT DETER PARTIES FROM SEEKING POLITICAL SOLUTION

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO OBSERVANCE BY ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN FAMILIES,

SAYS EVENT SHOULD SPUR ALL TO HELP END 'THIS LONG SEASON OF TEARS'

      Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to the observance by the "Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families for Peace" in New York on 19 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS WARM TRIBUTE TO MARY ROBINSON FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT

SHE WILL COMPLETE TERM AS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER IN SEPTEMBER 2002

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES STRONG SUPPORT FOR EUROPEAN UNION

STATEMENT ON MIDDLE EAST

The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was issued in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Saturday, 16 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ISLAMABAD GRENADE ATTACK

AS ‘CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY AND RELIGION’

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED AT REPORTS OF CONTINUED FIGHTING

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General Kofi Annan in New York on Saturday, 16 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES GOVERNMENTS, CIVIL SOCIETY TO ASSESS ACTION TAKEN

TO PROMOTE EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, TOLERANCE

New Ways Needed to Address Racism, Intolerance,

He Says in Message on Day to Eliminate Discrimination

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March:

SPECIAL ENVOY OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MYANMAR TO VISIT YANGON, 19 - 22 MARCH

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

Mr. Razali Ismail, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar, will visit Yangon from 19 to 22 March 2002, to continue his effort to help facilitate the national reconciliation process in Myanmar.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOLLOWING DECISION IN LOCKERBIE TRIAL APPEAL,

SAYS FAMILIES CAN PERHAPS NOW CLOSE 'TRAGIC CHAPTER'

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