Statements and Messages

SG/SM/8089/Rev.1*

3 January 2002

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS REGIONAL CHALLENGES, POTENTIAL FOR COOPERATION,

IN REMARKS AT INAUGURATION OF BARBADOS UNITED NATIONS HOUSE

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the inauguration of United Nations House in Bridgetown, Barbados, on 2 January:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PAKISTANI LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION

AS STEP TOWARDS EASING REGIONAL TENSIONS

The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General

Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARMLY WELCOMES INTRODUCTION OF EURO

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

HANS HAEKKERUP, HEAD OF UN KOSOVO MISSION, TO DEPART AT END OF 2001;

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES REGRET, DEEP APPRECIATION FOR SERVICE

The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the departure of Hans Haekkerup as head of UNMIK:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED AT DEATH OF LEOPOLD SEDAR-SENGHOR,

FIRST PRESIDENT OF SENEGAL

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of Leopold Sedar-Senghor:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED ABOUT NEGATIVE IMPACT OF FIGHTING IN LIBERIA

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has been following the recent upsurge in fighting between Liberian Government forces and armed elements in the north-western part of the country.

UN WELCOMES GROWING PARTNERSHIP WITH WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO DAKAR MEETING

‘I WANT TO SEE STRONG AND FOCUSED RESPONSES TO PEOPLE’S REAL NEEDS

IN EVERY AREA, INCLUDING HEALTH’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the release of the report of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health in London today, 20 December:

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT HEADQUARTERS, 19 DECEMBER

The Secretary-General: As usual, we meet before the holidays to thank you for all your interest and support during the year 2001 and to wish you all the very best for 2002.

This has been an extraordinary year -- an extraordinary year for the United Nations, for New York, for the United States and for much of the world.

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS UNITED STATES DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM ABM TREATY

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: