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, 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.

UN CONFERENCES PROVIDED ‘DYNAMIC BLUEPRINTS FOR PROGRESS ON KEY ISSUES’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Following is the text of an address today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva:

It is a pleasure to join you today.

DIALOGUE 'VITAL' TO SUCCESS OF UN MISSIONS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

IN REMARKS TO SEMINAR OF SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Seminar of Special and Personal Representatives and Envoys, in Mont Pèlerin, Switzerland, on 30 March:

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:

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED AT ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL

AND PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES; CALLS FOR URGENT RESUMPTION OF DIALOGUE

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