SECRETARY-GENERAL MOURNS DEATH OF VETERAN RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTRESSED BY LANDSLIDE, FLOOD DAMAGE

IN PHILIPPINES, SAYS UN STANDS READY TO HELP

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LIBYA’S ANNOUNCEMENT ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

The following statement was issued Saturday, 20 December, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

GOOD GOVERNMANCE ESSENTIAL FOR POLITICAL STABILITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO WEST AFRICAN SUMMIT

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, delivered by Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Chief of the United Nations Office for West Africa, in Accra, 19 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY COMMITMENT TO IMPLEMENT PLAN

FOR DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN MYANMAR

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

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT UNITED

NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK, ON 18 DECEMBER 2003

Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen.

I am glad to see you all before the holidays.  It has been a rather hard year.

I have no doubt that you will have lots of questions about Iraq.  But before you get on to that, there are a few things I would want to say.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT UNITED

NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK, ON 18 DECEMBER 2003

Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen.

I am glad to see you all before the holidays.  It has been a rather hard year.

I have no doubt that you will have lots of questions about Iraq.  But before you get on to that, there are a few things I would want to say.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RENEWED DIALOGUE, RELEASE

OF KIDNAPPED CIVILIANS IN COLOMBIA

Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the situation in Colombia:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS TO TAKE

STEPS TO AVOID IMPAIRING FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS

Creative ‘Track Two’ Initiatives Can Promote

Momentum for Peace, He Tells Meeting on Palestine Question

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LAUNCH OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION COMMISSION

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the launch of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission in Stockholm today: