SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS THOSE RESORTING TO VIOLENCE, TERROR IN MIDDLE EAST; CALLS

ON ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS TO DEVOTE ALL ENERGIES TO NEGOTIATING TRUE, LASTING PEACE

The following statement was issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Brussels, Belgium:

SOFTWARE VENDORS DEMONSTRATE INTEROPERABILITY OF GEOSPATIAL SOFTWARE TO UN STAFF

(Reissued as received.)

Note to Correspondents

STUDY URGING STRONG SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY CAPACITY FOR ALL NATIONS TO BE PRESENTED

TO SECRETARY-GENERAL AT UN EVENT ON 5 FEBRUARY

FOREIGN MINISTER OF IRAN DEFENDS COUNTRY’S INALIENABLE RIGHT

TO NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES

(Reissued as received.)

PRESIDENT OF UGANDA REFERS SITUATION CONCERNING LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY (LRA)

TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL WILL MEET WITH PRESIDENTS OF NIGERIA, CAMEROON IN GENEVA

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

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS FOUR ENTITIES TO AL-QAIDA

SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban SanctionsCommittee on 26 January 2004added the names of four entities to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).

18. *Name:AL-HARAMAIN FOUNDATION (INDONESIA)

COSTA RICA HOSTS UNITED NATIONS COUNTER-TERRORISM WORKSHOP

(Reissued as received.)

LANDMARK UNITED NATIONS PROTOCOL AGAINST SMUGGLING

OF MIGRANTS ENTERS INTO FORCE

(Reissued as received.)

TRANSPARENCY, FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION ESSENTIAL TO TACKLING ROOT CAUSES OF MANY

CHALLENGES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PARIS MEETING ON GLOBAL COMPACT

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary General Kofi Annan at the meeting with French President Jacques Chirac and business executives on the Global Compact in Paris today: