Statements and Messages

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS MOVE TO STRENGTHEN BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION;

MEASURES UNDER REVIEW TO MONITOR IMPLEMENTATION, VERIFY COMPLIANCE

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan (to be delivered on his behalf by Jayantha Dhanapala, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs) to the meeting in Geneva on 25 July of the Ad Hoc Group of the States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES CONFERENCE ON ‘IMPORTANT FIRST STEPS’

TO COMBAT SMALL-ARMS SCOURGE

      The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the conclusion of the Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms:

SECRETARY-GENERAL THANKS G-8 LEADERS FOR ‘EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESSION

OF SUPPORT’ IN FIGHT AGAINST AIDS

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to a press event at the conference of G-8 Heads of State in Genoa, Italy:

BOTH SIDES MUST MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO RESTORE CEASEFIRE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MADRID MEETING ON MIDDLE EAST

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PAKISTAN, INDIA TO PERSEVERE

IN EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH DIALOGUE

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

IN GENEVA ADDRESS TO 2001 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION OF ECOSOC, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SEES POSSIBLE ‘TURNING POINT IN AFRICA’S HISTORY’

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the high-level segment of the 2001 substantive session of the Economic and Social Council in Geneva:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY DEPLORES ABDUCTION OF FORMER COLOMBIAN OFFICIAL,

DEMANDS HIS IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION, GENEVA, 16 JULY 2001

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN BERLIN, CALLS INTOLERANCE ‘A MANY-HEADED MONSTER’,

ASKS GERMANY TO PLAY ACTIVE PART IN DURBAN RACISM CONFERENCE

   Following is the text of today’s address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Freie Universität, Berlin:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY URGES ISRAELI AUTHORITIES

TO HALT DEMOLITION OF PALESTINIAN HOMES

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