SECRETARY-GENERAL’S TRIBUTE AT MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JOSEPH N. GARBA

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the memorial service for the late Joseph Nanven Garba of Nigeria:

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL

ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY

This is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council today on “Women, peace and security”:

Let me start by thanking you, Mr. President, for this initiative in holding this meeting on women, peace and security.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED BY ARMED CONFRONTATION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN

REPUBLIC, CONDEMNS ANY ATTEMPT TO TAKE POWER BY FORCE OF ARMS

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

SOCIAL PROGRESS NECESSARY COMPONENT OF DEVELOPMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Dubai Strategy Forum, delivered by Ms. Mervat Tallawy, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in Dubai today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS ‘DEEPEST CONDOLENCES’ TO THOSE

WHO LOST LOVED ONES IN MOSCOW HOSTAGE INCIDENT

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 26 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SHOCK AT TRAGIC DEATH OF UNITED STATES

SENATOR WELLSTONE, PERSONAL FRIEND AND UNITED NATIONS SUPPORTER

This is the text of a statement this afternoon from Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The sudden and tragic death of Senator Paul Wellstone, along with his wife, his daughter and several campaign workers, comes as a personal shock to me.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT UNITED NATIONS DAY CONCERT OF KOREAN MUSIC,

LOOKS TO END OF ‘DECADES OF HOSTILITY AND MISTRUST’ ON PENINSULA

These are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the United Nations Day concert given in the General Assembly Hall last night (24 October) by the Traditional Music Orchestra of the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS):

It is my great pleasure to welcome you all to United Nations Headquarters.

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS ROLE OF 'CLUB OF MADRID', SHARING

UN GOAL OF SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT OF DEMOCRACIES

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan (delivered on his behalf by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva) to the General Assembly of the Club of Madrid, meeting today in Madrid:

The Secretary-General and his delegation arrived in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, in early afternoon, where he was met by three Deputy Prime Ministers and the Foreign Minister.

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER EVENTS UNFOLDING

AT MOSCOW THEATRE, URGES IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES

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