Press Release

Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Brussels from Paris in the morning of Wednesday, 28 January.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES SOMALI LEADERS TO SWIFTLY CONCLUDE NATIONAL

RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE WITH ESTABLISHMENT OF INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONSTRUCTIVE ATTITUDE OF ALL PARTIES

IN SEARCH FOR CONSTITUTIONAL SOLUTION IN VENEZUELA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES LLOYD AXWORTHY SPECIAL ENVOY FOR ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

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

The Secretary-General has been very concerned about the lack of progress in the implementation of the Algiers Agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

DEATH OF RICHARD CONROY, UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN UZBEKISTAN, IS LOSS TO ENTIRE

UNITED NATIONS FAMILY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO MEMORIAL SERVICE

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REBALANCED INTERNATIONAL AGENDA IN 2004, WITH CONCRETE

PROGRESS IN DEVELOPMENT, AS HE ACCEPTS HONORARY DEGREE IN BRUSSELS

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks upon receiving a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of Ghent in Brussels, 30 January:

Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister and Mr. Rector, for those very warm words.

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS EUROPE’S LONG-STANDING STRONG SUPPORT FOR UN,

AT OPENING OF REGIONAL INFORMATION CENTRE IN BRUSSELS

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the inauguration of the Regional United Nations Information Centre for the European Union in Brussels, 30 January:

Thank you for joining us to inaugurate the Regional United Nations Information Centre in Brussels.

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON SECRETARY-GENERAL’S

APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ENVOY FOR ETHIOPIA-ERITREA

Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President Heraldo Muñoz (Chile) on the Secretary-General’s appointment of his Special Envoy for Ethiopia-Eritrea:

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN FEBRUARY

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for February:

Security Council

Security Council

4908^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL TIGHTENS SANCTIONS AGAINST USAMA BIN LADEN, AL-QAIDA, TALIBAN

Resolution 1526 (2004) Adopted Unanimously, Calls for Improving

Measures to Freeze Assets, Deny Entry or Transit, Prevent Weapons Transfer