SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ITALY’S LEADERSHIP IN STRUGGLE TO REALIZE RIGHTS

OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, IN MESSAGE TO NEW YORK AWARD CEREMONY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award Ceremony, honouring Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of Italy, delivered by Mrs. Nane Annan, in New York on 17 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES KEY ROLE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION IN AFRICA’S EFFORTS

TO ACHIEVE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, INTEGRATE INTO GLOBAL ECONOMY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Africa Industrialization Day, 20 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPATRIATION OF OVER 100 RWANDAN REBELS

FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

AIDS EPIDEMIC ‘CONTINUES ITS LETHAL MARCH’, AS INTERNATIONAL ACTION STILL FAR

SHORT OF WHAT IS NEEDED, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD AIDS DAY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of World AIDS Day, observed 1 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS DEADLY ATTACK AGAINST REFUGEE WORKER

IN AFGHANISTAN, CALLS FOR GREATER SECURITY MEASURES

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 16 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON ISTANBUL SYNAGOGUES

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 15 November:

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEMOCRACY, SOCIAL JUSTICE MUST ADVANCE HAND IN HAND,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT

Following is the address delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the thirteenth Ibero-American summit in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, on 14 November:

It is a great honour to be invited to join you at this summit.

SECRETARY-GENERAL AWARDED GRAND CROSS OF CONDOR DE LOS ANDES,

SYMBOL OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN BOLIVIA, UNITED NATIONS

Following are the remarks delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on being awarded the Grand Cross of the Condor de los Andes in La Paz, Bolivia, on 13 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS IRAN’S DECISION ON ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General welcomes the recent decision by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to conclude the Additional Protocol, to act in accordance with its provisions until its entry into force, and to suspend all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN LA PAZ ADDRESS, PRAISES BOLIVIAN CONGRESS

FOR ‘DETERMINATION TO MAKE DEMOCRACY WORK’ IN RECENT CRISIS

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Congress of Bolivia in La Paz, 13 November: