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:

Secretary-General ‘absolutely outraged’ by gross misconduct

by peacekeeping personnel in Democratic Republic of Congo

 

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), issued today in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania:

Secretary-General calls for steps to unleash Africa’s productive energies,

 

in message on Africa Industrialization Day

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on Africa Industrialization Day, observed on 20 November:

The theme of this year’s observance of Africa Industrialization Day is “Strengthening Productive Capacity for Poverty Reduction within the Framework of NEPAD”.

Convention on certain conventional weapons is ‘living instrument’ that can be

 

modernized to meet new challenges, Secretary-General tells Geneva meeting

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 2004 Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in Geneva, 18-19 November, delivered by Enrique Román-Morey, Deputy Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament:

Resources approved by global AIDS Fund must reach those who need them quickly,

 

new contributions must follow, Secretary-General tells arusha meeting

microcredit extends same rights to poor as are available to evERYone else, says

 

Secretary-General in message to launch ceremony for international year

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message on the launch of the International Year of Microcredit today, 18 November:

Sudan grave challenge not only to Africa, ‘but to all humanity’,

 

says Secretary-General to Nairobi Security Council meeting

The following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council meeting on the Sudan, in Nairobi, Kenya, on 18 November:

I first would like to thank our distinguished President, Ambassador John Danforth.  It is because of his initiative that we are here.

Entry into force of Kyoto Protocol, following Russia’s ratification, historic

step forward to combat global warming, Secretary-General says in Nairobi

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on the Kyoto Protocol, issued today in Nairobi, Kenya: