SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS WORK FOR PEACE MUST ENGAGE EVERYONE

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today in New York to the Advisory Meeting on the Academic Programme of the University for Peace:

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT HEADQUARTERS, 22 MARCH 2001

The Secretary-General: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am here mainly to answer your questions, but let me start by mentioning three or four things that are particularly on my mind.

CULTIVATION OF SENSE OF NEIGHBOURHOOD, ATTENTION TO ROOT CAUSES AND POLITICAL

WILL NEEDED FOR EFFECTIVE CONFLICT PREVENTION, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Foreign Policy Association in New York on 21 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES NEW FUNDING ROUND BY UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES REGRET REGARDING DECISION OF HIGH COMMISSIONER

FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NOT TO SEEK SECOND TERM

Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan regarding Ms. Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights:

VIOLENCE BY ALBANIAN EXTREMISTS THREAT TO REGIONAL SECURITY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES PARTNERSHIPS TO ADDRESS DIGITAL DIVIDE

Following is the text of remarks made on Saturday, 17 March, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a Confederation of Indian Industry session on closing the digital divide in Hyderabad, India:

Let me first start by thanking you for the warm welcome you have extended to me, to my wife, and to my entire delegation.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES INDIA’S PEACEKEEPING CONTRIBUTIONS

IN REMARKS AT NEW DELHI TRAINING CENTRE

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the United Services Institution of India in New Delhi on 15 March:

MAJOR CHALLENGE:  HOW TO MAKE CIVILIZATION WORK FOR WORLD’S PEOPLE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO INDIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE FEDERATION

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry in New Delhi on 15 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HOPE THAT ALL PEOPLES CAN UNITE

IN CELEBRATING FULL DIVERSITY OF LANGUAGE

Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on laying the Foundation Stone for the Centre of International Mother Language Studies in Dhaka, Bangladesh: