SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY UPSURGE OF FIGHTING IN LIBERIA;

APPEALS FOR HALT TO VIOLENCE, DIALOGUE

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

The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the recent upsurge of fighting in Liberia.  It can only bring more suffering to innocent people who have yet to recover from the desolation caused by previous wars.

‘RIGHT TO PLAY BELONGS TO EVERYONE’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS OLYMPIC AID FORUM

Following are the opening remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Olympic Aid Forum in Salt Lake City, on 9 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON ASIA TRIP

Following is the text of the briefing given by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council on 6 February concerning his trip to Japan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Qatar:

GREECE, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA REPRESENTATIVES

MEET 5 FEBRUARY, UNDER SECRETARY-GENERAL’S AUSPICES

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

Pursuant to the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995, representatives of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia met on February 5, 2002 under the auspices of the Secretary-General. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR PRACTICAL STEPS TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS,

STRENGTHEN POLITICAL COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Following is the text of remarks today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the panel of eminent persons for the World Summit on Sustainable Development:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES BUSINESS LEADERS, AT ‘TURNING-POINT IN HISTORY’

TO BE ‘PART OF THE SOLUTION’ IN WAR AGAINST WORLD POVERTY

Following is the text of today’s address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the closing session of the World Economic Forum in New York City:

It’s good to be back in New York, and to find all of you here.

MONTERREY, JOHANNESBURG CONFERENCES CAN LEAD TO BETTER ECONOMIC FUTURE

FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ceremony marking the turnover of the coordinatorship of the group of least developed countries delivered today in New York by Gillian Sorensen, Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO WORLD SOCIAL FORUM, SAYS URGENT CHALLENGES

MUST BE ADDRESSED BY PARTNERSHIPS AMONG GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, CIVIL SOCIETY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Social Forum, delivered on his behalf by José Antonio Ocampo, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on 4 February:

ADDRESSING HAGUE INTERNATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS

HELP OF YOUTH IN IMPLEMENTING MILLENNIUM GOALS

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Hague International Model United Nations, delivered at The Hague today,

1 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF MARJORIE TIVEN AS NEW YORK CITY

COMMISSIONER FOR UNITED NATIONS, CONSULAR CORPS

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