Early on Friday morning, 19 November, Secretary-General Kofi Annan left Nairobi for Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar-es-Salaam, where he attended the International Conference on Peace, Security and Development in the Great Lakes Region.

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS WOMEN AS MOST COURAGEOUS, CREATIVE CHAMPIONS

 

IN FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS, IN WORLD AIDS DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December:

Secretary-General calls for incentives to persuade various iraqi groups

to participate in national reconciliation process

 

International Community Must Unite

Around Mission of Supporting Political Transition, He Says

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the International Conference on Iraq in Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, today, 23 November:

Secretary-General delighted by hostage release in afgHanistan

 

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, in the evening of Wednesday, 17 November 2004.

Science, technology exist to begin transition from era of exploitation to ‘ethic

of stewardship’, says Secretary-General in message to Bangkok congress

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the third World Conservation Union’s World Conservation Congress in Bangkok, 17 to 25 November:

Secretary-General pledges United Nations support in quest for peace,

stability, democracy, development in great lakes region

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the closing of the International Conference on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development in the Great Lakes Region, held in Dar-es-Salaam on 20 November 2004:

The Dar-es-Salaam Declaration of Principles holds great promise.

Release of prisoners in Myanmar important step towards creating environment

for genuine national reconciliation, says Secretary-General

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

Secretary-General, in message to conference on cooperation with west African

children, hails education as building block, catalyst for development

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the conference:  “From war to classroom.  From crisis to recovery.  Italian cooperation for West African children”, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, today 19 November:

GREAT LAKES REGION WITNESSING GLIMMER OF HOPE AS LEADERS MAKE STRATEGIC DECISION

TO PURSUE PEACE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN TANZANIA

Following is the address delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Conference on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development in the Great Lakes Region, taking place in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania: