Secretary-General: Press Release

‘BUILDING AN OPEN, EMPOWERING INFORMATION SOCIETY IS A SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND

ULTIMATELY POLITICAL CHALLENGE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT WORLD SUMMIT

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES COMMUNICATION WILL ‘BUILD BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING’,

IN MESSAGE TO STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN WORLD SUMMIT EVENT

Following is the text of the message sent today from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to students participating in the World Summit Event for Schools:

IN MESSAGE TO WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SUMMIT, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS

FOR STRENGTHENING COOPERATION BETWEEN COUNTRIES IN REGION

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the first Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Western Mediterranean cooperation partner countries, held in Tunis on 5 and 6 December 2003, delivered by Ariel Français, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Tunisia (translated from French):

Biographical Note

ROSS MOUNTAIN NAMED ACTING SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR IRAQ

      Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named Ross Mountain as his acting Special Representative for Iraq.

OPEN, INCLUSIVE INFORMATION SOCIETY THAT EMPOWERS ALL PEOPLE

SHOULD BE GENEVA SUMMIT LEGACY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s remarks at the official welcome ceremony for the World Summit on the Information Society, hosted by Pascal Couchepin, President of Switzerland, in Geneva, 9 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ALARMED BY DETERIORATING HUMANITARIAN SITUATION

IN DARFUR REGION OF SUDAN

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY TERROR ATTACK IN MOSCOW

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES FULL ENFORCEMENT OF NEW MERIDA CONVENTION,

SEEN AS MAJOR VICTORY IN STRUGGLE AGAINST CORRUPTION

WIN-WIN OUTCOMES POSSIBLE IF APPROACH TO MIGRATION IS RATIONAL, COMPASSIONATE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN TELLS NEW GLOBAL COMMISSION

Following are the remarks made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the launch of the Global Commission on International Migration today in Geneva:

ICT HAS TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE HEALTH, EDUCATION, GOVERNANCE, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE AT LAUNCH OF GHANA-INDIA KOFI ANNAN CENTRE