SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY SUPPORTS SADC EFFORTS TO FACILITATE

FREE, FAIR ELECTIONS IN ZIMBABWE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT IN COLOMBIA; URGES

SUBSTANTIVE PROGRESS, GREATER CIVILIAN PROTECTION

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

MONTERREY CONFERENCE BEST CHANCE TO UNLOCK DESPERATELY NEEDED FINANCIAL

RESOURCES, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO PREPARATORY COMMITTEE

Following is the statement made today in New York by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fourth session of the Preparatory Committee for the International Conference on Financing for Development:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES EMPHASIS ON TOLERANCE, RULE OF LAW, NEED TO FIGHT

TERRORISM IN SPEECH BY PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN

Calls on Both Sides To Reduce Tension, Enable Resumption of Dialogue

The following statement was issued on 12 January by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR FURTHER EFFORTS

TO RESOLVE CRISIS IN COLOMBIAN PEACE TALKS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED AT DEATH OF CYRUS VANCE,

FORMER UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE

The following statement was issued on 13 January by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Cyrus Vance, the former United States Secretary of State, who undertook many important missions for the United Nations, notably in the former Yugoslavia.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES HAMAS ATTACK INSIDE ISRAEL, DESTRUCTION

OF PALESTINIAN HOUSES IN GAZA BY ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCE

Calls on Parties Not to Be Deterred from Efforts to Resume Security Cooperation

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TANGIBLE RESULTS POSSIBLE AT CONFERENCE ON FINANCING

FOR DEVELOPMENT IF GROUP OF 77 CREATES REALISTIC PLATFORM FOR NEGOTIATIONS

Following is the text of remarks today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ceremony marking the turnover of chairmanship of the Group of 77 from Iran to Venezuela:

RECONCILIATION, REHABILITATION IN SOMALIA ARE KEY CONCERNS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Somalia's Leaders Must Rise above Differences and Put Interests of Peace First

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Summit Meeting of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), delivered by Mohamed Sahnoun, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General, in Khartoum,

10-11 January:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARTIES TO CONFLICT IN COLOMBIA ‘TO MAKE

EVERY POSSIBLE EFFORT’ TO RESOLVE CURRENT CRISIS

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