Statements and Messages

BROADER SOCIAL ROLES FOR BUSINESS WILL COMPLEMENT SEARCH FOR PROFIT,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SWISS BUSINESS COMMUNITY

Following is the text of an address made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today in Zurich, Switzerland, to the Swiss business community:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS TO RETURN TO PATH OF PEACE

Following is the text of a statement made today in Amman, Jordan, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the summit meeting of the League of Arab States:

It is an honour to join you.  Let me express my gratitude to His Majesty King Abdullah for his hospitality, wise leadership and strong support of the United Nations.

WORLD COMMUNITY MUST ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS OPENLY, HONESTLY,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON WORLD HEALTH DAY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World Health Day, which is observed 7 April:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES COURAGE, GENEROSITY OF WYNTON MARSALIS,

AS HE DESIGNATES HIM ‘MESSENGER OF PEACE’

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan during a ceremony at Lincoln Center, designating Wynton Marsalis a Messenger of Peace in New York on 22 March:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN PRESIDENT

OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE AND OPPOSITION LEADER

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.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES BAHRAIN AND QATAR

ON RESOLUTION OF TERRITORIAL DISPUTES

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

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: