EMPLOYMENT MUST BE CENTRAL GOAL IN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT FORUM

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Global Employment Forum, sponsored by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, 1 November:

I am delighted and honoured to be speaking at this Global Employment Forum. And I am especially glad to be doing so at this crucial time.

                                                            SG/SM/8011/Rev.1*

                                                            AFR/349

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS INSTALLATION OF TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES ‘UTTER REPUGNANCE’ AT MURDER

OF WORSHIPPERS IN PAKISTAN CHURCH

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

SPECIAL ADVISER EGELAND APPOINTED SECRETARY-GENERAL OF NORWEGIAN RED CROSS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS WINNERS OF ‘UN 21 AWARDS, 2000’, PRESENTED

TO STAFF MEMBERS WHO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY OF ORGANIZATION

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today at the ceremony in honour of the UN 21 Awards 2000 recipients:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT BY IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY

THAT IT HAS COMMENCED DISARMAMENT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTURBED BY ISRAEL’S ‘INTENSIFIED’ OCCUPATION;

CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE HALT TO ATTACK AT VILLAGE OF BEIT RIMA

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

ISMAT KITTANI CONSUMMATE DIPLOMAT WHOSE LIFE ‘WAS AN EXAMPLE TO US ALL’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON DEATH OF 36^TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon learning of the death of Ismat Kittani:

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS AFRICAN EFFORTS AGAINST TERRORISM,

URGES RATIFICATION, IMPLEMENTATION OF EXISTING CONVENTIONS

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan (delivered in French on his behalf by Ibrahima Fall, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs) to the Summit of heads of State and Government on the African pact against terrorism, held in Dakar, Senegal, on 16-17 October: