Secretary-General: Press Release

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Paris on Sunday morning, 6 November, at the start of a two-week trip that would take him through the Middle East to South Asia.

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS BAGHDAD SUICIDE BOMBING, APPALLED

BY CONTINUED INDISCRIMINATE KILLING OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN AMMAN , JORDAN ,

UNDERSCORING NEED FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION AGAINST ‘SCOURGE’

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

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: