SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES ON DEATH

OF GREAT AUSTRALIAN CRICKET PLAYER

Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of Australian cricketer, Sir Donald Bradman:

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ITS EFFORTS

HAVE LED TO PROGRESS ON DECOLONIZATION

Following is the text of remarks from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening of the 2001 session of the Special Committee on the Implementation of the Declaration on Decolonization (Special Committee of 24) in New York today:

This year, the opening of the session of the Special Committee of

SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES PRINCIPLES FOR UN EFFORTS IN PROMOTING DEMOCRACY

IN MESSAGE TO COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES SEMINAR

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by his Special Adviser on Africa, Ibrahim Gambari, to the Community of Democracies Seminar in Washington, D.C., on 21 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES RECENT PROGRESS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO,

BUT SAYS GREAT CHALLENGES AHEAD, IN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL

     Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the

21 February Security Council meeting with the Political Committee established by the July 1999 Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement on the peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES WORRYING DECLINE IN ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening today of the United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People in Vienna, delivered on the Secretary-General’s behalf by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Kieran Prendergast:

HUMAN TRAFFICKING ONE OF MOST EGREGIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO ABUJA CONFERENCE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Mbaya Kankqenda, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Coordinator, to the first Pan-African Conference on Human Trafficking in Abuja, Nigeria, on 19 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES VITAL ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FUND,

IN MESSAGE TO ROME MEETING OF GOVERNING COUNCIL

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the twenty-fourth session of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), delivered on his behalf by the President of IFAD,

Fawzi Al-Sultan, in Rome on 20 February:

BORDER CLOSURES AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS CAUSE CONCERN ABOUT PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY’S

CAPACITY TO CONTINUE FUNCTIONING, 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 EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT MIDDLE EAST INCIDENT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED TO HEAR OF DEATH OF F.T. LIU

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

The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the news of the death of

F.T. Liu, a very distinguished servant of the United Nations who was recruited by and worked closely with Ralph Bunche, and did much to ensure the continuation of Bunche's legacy.