COUNTRIES GATHER TO SIGN ON TO TOUGH NEW TREATY AGAINST CORRUPTION,

BEGINNING 9 DECEMBER IN MÉRIDA, MEXICO

(Reissued as received)

MÉRIDA, MEXICO, 8 December (UN Department of Public Information) -- More than 120 governments, most of them represented at the ministerial level, will meet in the southern Mexican city of Mérida for a signing conference for the first legally binding international agreement to attack corruption.

OPEN, INCLUSIVE INFORMATION SOCIETY THAT EMPOWERS ALL PEOPLE

SHOULD BE GENEVA SUMMIT LEGACY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s remarks at the official welcome ceremony for the World Summit on the Information Society, hosted by Pascal Couchepin, President of Switzerland, in Geneva, 9 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ALARMED BY DETERIORATING HUMANITARIAN SITUATION

IN DARFUR REGION OF SUDAN

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY TERROR ATTACK IN MOSCOW

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES FULL ENFORCEMENT OF NEW MERIDA CONVENTION,

SEEN AS MAJOR VICTORY IN STRUGGLE AGAINST CORRUPTION

WIN-WIN OUTCOMES POSSIBLE IF APPROACH TO MIGRATION IS RATIONAL, COMPASSIONATE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN TELLS NEW GLOBAL COMMISSION

Following are the remarks made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the launch of the Global Commission on International Migration today in Geneva:

ICT HAS TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE HEALTH, EDUCATION, GOVERNANCE, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE AT LAUNCH OF GHANA-INDIA KOFI ANNAN CENTRE

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GOAL IS ‘INFORMATION SOCIETY –- OPEN AND INCLUSIVE -– IN WHICH KNOWLEDGE EMPOWERS

ALL PEOPLE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT WORLD ELECTRONIC MEDIA FORUM

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan at the opening ceremony of the World Electronic Media Forum in Geneva today:

ANWARUL K. CHOWDHURY DESIGNATED SECRETARY-GENERAL OF 2004 MEETING

TO REVIEW ACTION PROGRAMME FOR SMALL ISLAND STATES

Security Council

4877^th Meeting (AM & PM)

RECENT KILLINGS OF HUMANITARIAN WORKERS DEMONSTRATE CHANGING LANDSCAPE

FOR UN OPERATIONS, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD BY HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS HEAD

Briefs on Challenges Faced in Protecting Civilians in Conflict Areas;

Speakers Welcome Updated Aide-Memoire on Objectives, 10 ‘Action Points’