ENVOY OF SECRETARY-GENERAL CHAIRS MEETING BETWEEN AMBASSADORS

OF GREECE, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

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

JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL AND SEVEN LEADING RESEARCH-BASED

PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ON ACCESS TO HIV/AIDS CARE AND TREATMENT

Following is the text of a joint communiqué issued today in New York by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and seven pharmaceutical companies:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘STRONGLY DEPLORES’ RECENT VIOLENCE,

HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE IN MIDDLE EAST

‘Urges All Sides to Exercise Maximum Restraint’

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS TERRORIST SUICIDE BOMBING IN KASHMIR

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

The Secretary-General utterly condemns the terrorist suicide bombing that occurred yesterday in Srinagar in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir.  He expresses his condolences to the bereaved families.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING ASSEMBLY ON TERRORISM, CALLS FOR `IMMEDIATE,

FAR-REACHING CHANGES’ IN UN RESPONSE TO TERROR

      Following is the text of the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly on 1 October:

‘WE ARE UNITED IN HELPING THE CITY IN ITS HOUR OF NEED’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN WELCOMING NEW YORK MAYOR TO UNITED NATIONS

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on welcoming New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to the United Nations:

It is a pleasure to welcome you, Mayor Giuliani, to United Nations Headquarters.  Our home is your home. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR OUTER SPACE DISCOVERIES TO BE SHARED

WITH ALL HUMANITY, IN WORLD SPACE WEEK MESSAGE

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on occasion of World Space Week (4-10 October 2001):

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH PINO ARLACCHI, VIENNA AND DRUG OFFICE HEAD;

AGREE ARLACCHI WILL REMAIN IN POST UNTIL MID-2002

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

FOLLOWING MEETING OF PRESIDENTS KAGAME, KABILA, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON BOTH

LEADERS TO STOP ONGOING FIGHTING IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, SALUTING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER PERSONS,

SAYS POLICIES, ATTITUDES ON AGEING MUST EVOLVE

Following is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan marking the International Day of Older Persons, 1 October: