SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON GOVERNMENTS TO SHOW UTMOST RESTRAINT IN MIDDLE EAST

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

UN LEADERS DESCRIBE FREE PRESS AS ESSENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT,

IN JOINT WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY MESSAGE

Following is the text of a joint message, on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (3 May 2001), from Secretary-General Kofi Annan; the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Koichiro Matsuura; and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF SHARM EL SHEIKH UNDERSTANDINGS

AND END TO MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the escalation of Israeli-Palestinian violence:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS BENEFITS OF SPACE EXPLORATION

SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO PRIVILEGED FEW

Following is a text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight and the twentieth anniversary of the launch of the first United States space shuttle (12 April 2001):

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO HAVANA INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE,

SAYS ‘PARLIAMENTARY VISION’ COMPLEMENTS UNITED NATIONS’ OWN

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 105^th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, delivered on his behalf by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Kieran Prendergast, in Havana on 1 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES STEPS BY LEADING DRUG COMPANIES TO IMPROVE

AIDS TREATMENT ACCESS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Following is the text of a statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Amsterdam, after meeting the leaders of six leading research-based pharmaceutical companies:

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S STATEMENT ON TERM OF HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Following is the text of a statement made today in Nairobi by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES CONTINUATION OF TROOP WITHDRAWAL

FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

FOR ARREST OF SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC

Following is a statement by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan issued today in Nairobi, Kenya:

The arrest of Slobodan Milosevic is an important step in the process of healing after the tragic events in the Balkans since 1991.  I commend the authorities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for this decisive action.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES YALE UNIVERSITY ON 300^TH ANNIVERSARY,

AS UN POSTAL ADMINISTRATION ISSUES COMMEMORATIVE CANCELLATION

Following is the 30 March message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Yale University on the occasion of the dedication of a United Nations postal cancellation commemorating the 300^th anniversary of the University’s founding: