SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RELEASE OF ADDITIONAL

300 WAR PRISONERS BY FRENTE POLISARIO

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

CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPMENT, MULTILATERALISM FOCUS

OF SECRETARY-GENERAL’S ADDRESS TO NATIONAL CONGRESS OF ECUADOR

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the National Congress of Ecuador in Quito, 10 November:

I am moved and grateful to receive this decoration from you today.  Above all, I am honoured to be addressing this Congress.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES TIES LINKING UNITED NATIONS, ECUADORIAN CAPITAL

AS HE PREPARES TO INAUGURATE UN HOUSE IN QUITO

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a ceremony hosted by the Municipality of Quito yesterday, 10 November:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed New York for Chile in the evening of Tuesday, 4 November, and arrived the following morning in Santiago, on the first leg of a four-nation visit to Latin America.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CALLING GALAPAGOS SHOWCASE OF INTERDEPENDENCE,

WARNS AGAINST COSTLY INACTION IN FACE OF THREAT TO BIODIVERSITY

     Following is the text of a video message taped by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos National Park, Ecuador, yesterday:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS RIYADH TERRORIST ATTACK

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

The Secretary-General is horrified by last night's attack against a residential compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that reportedly killed at least 10 innocent people and injured many others.  He condemns this terrorist act in the strongest possible terms.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN EXPERIENCE

TO HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANCE OF UN REFORM AT SANTIAGO ROUND TABLE

Following is the text of remarks by the Secretary-General at a round table on “Renewal of the United Nations and the Global Situation” on Friday, 7 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN VISIT TO HISTORIC GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR,

SAYS CITIES CAN BE MODELS OF DEMOCRACY, DIVERSITY

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon arrival in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Friday 7 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES CANADA FOR RATIFICATION

OF UN LAW OF SEA CONVENTION

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

GENUINE DEMOCRACY AT HOME, EFFECTIVE MULTILATERALISM ABROAD SUREST PATHS

TO PEACE, DEVELOPMENT SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SANTIAGO ADDRESS

Following is the text of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s address to Chilean Parliamentarians in Santiago, 6 November: