Secretary-General: Press Release

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO BILBAO MEETING ON INFORMATION SOCIETY,

STRESSES KEY ROLE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN ADDRESSING DIGITAL DIVIDE

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN CAIRO LECTURE, DESCRIBES ‘BURNING SENSE OF JUSTICE’

OF NADIA YOUNES, EGYPTIAN UN OFFICIAL KILLED IN 2003 BAGHDAD BOMBING

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Nadia Younes Memorial Lecture, delivered at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, on 8 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS BRUTAL ATTACKS ON THREE DEFENCE

COUNSELS TO IRAQI CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED WITH ARRANGEMENTS FOR LIBERIAN RUN-OFF ELECTION

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SUSTAINABLE PEACE BEST DEFENCE AGAINST DEGRADATION, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN MESSAGE TO MARK DAY FOR PREVENTING WARTIME EXPLOITATION OF ENVIRONMENT

STOCKPILING ANTIVIRAL MEDICINES NOT A STRATEGY TO FIGHT AVIAN FLU,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN ADDRESS TO TIME GLOBAL HEALTH SUMMIT

He Stresses Need for More Investment to Monitor,

Halt Its Spread; Cooperation in Research; Use of Modern Technology

IMPETUS FOR CHANGE IN ARAB WORLD MUST COME PRIMARILY FROM WITHIN,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT KING HUSSEIN FOUNDATION DINNER

Following are the remarks delivered by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the King Hussein Foundation inaugural peacebuilders dinner in New York on 1 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY ETHIOPIA , ERITREA TROOP MOVEMENTS,

URGES RESTRAINT, STEPS TO DEFUSE ESCALATING TENSION

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS RAJAT GUPTA AS SPECIAL ADVISER FOR MANAGEMENT REFORM

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today announced the appointment of Rajat Kumar Gupta, a national of the United States, as his special adviser for management reform.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DESIGNATION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY

FOR HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION

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