SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘REMARKABLE PARTNERSHIP’ BETWEEN UN, JAPAN

AT OPENING OF UN HOUSE IN TOKYO

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of UN House in Tokyo on 24 January:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR FIRM AND CONCERTED ACTION AT CONFERENCE

ON DISARMAMENT TO OVERCOME LAST SESSION’S STALEMATE

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.  The message was delivered at the Conference, opening today, on the Secretary-General’s behalf, by Vladimir Petrovsky, Director-General of the United Nations in Geneva:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON GOVERNMENTS TO DO THEIR PART

IN BRIDGING DIGITAL DIVIDE

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seminar in Kothmale, Sri Lanka, on the digital divide.  The message was delivered on the Secretary-General’s behalf on Sunday by Stella Hughes of UNESCO:

SECRETARY-GENERAL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT REPORTS OF CIVILIANS

DELIBERATELY TARGETED AND KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for

Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY DEATH OF PRESIDENT KABILA

OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

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SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT, SAYS

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT NOT A LOST CAUSE

Focuses on Need for Improved Governance,

Education, as well as Debt Relief and Market Access

This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Yaoundé, Cameroon, today to the Africa-France Summit:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES 15 JANUARY CREATION

OF ‘EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY’

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED AT DEATHS OF UNITED NATIONS TEAM MEMBERS

IN HELICOPTER ACCIDENT IN MONGOLIA

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 14 January:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS CONDOLENCES FOLLOWING EL SALVADOR EARTHQUAKE

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 14 January: