GENEVA ACCORD OFFERS HOPE OF RECONCILIATION, PEACE TO ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FOLLOWING MEETING WITH SIGNATORIES

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR LAUNCH OF U THANT INSTITUTE

HAILS PREDECESSOR’S LEGACY OF FOCUSING ON THE INDIVIDUAL

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the launch of the U Thant Institute, delivered in New York today, 5 December, by Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO COMMONWEALTH SUMMIT, URGES

DIALOGUE FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION IN ZIMBABWE

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at Abuja, Nigeria, today, 5 December:

SHARON CAPELING-ALAKIJA’S LIFE DRIVEN BY ‘SENSE OF SOLIDARITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT MEMORIAL CEREMONY

Following is the text of the Secretary-General’s remarks at today’s memorial ceremony for Sharon Capeling-Alakija:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISMAYED AT APPARENT TERRORIST EXPLOSION

IN RUSSIAN COMMUTER TRAIN

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

The Secretary-General was dismayed to learn of this morning’s explosion in a commuter train near the Yessentuki station in the Russian Federation.  This appears to be yet another act of terrorism.  Terrorism can never be justified.

ADVISORY BOARD ESTABLISHED TO MONITOR IRAQ DEVELOPMENT FUND TO MEET 5 DECEMBER

The following was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday, 3 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF STOCKTAKING IN MESSAGE

TO NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS MEETING IN GENEVA

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the twenty-second General Assembly of the conference of non-governmental organizations in consultative relationship with the United Nations, delivered today in Geneva by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva:

NEWLY APPOINTED HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON THREATS, CHALLENGES,

CHANGE TO MEET 5 - 7 DECEMBER

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

FAMILIES PLAY VITAL ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT, PEACE EFFORTS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

AT LAUNCH OF TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF INTERNATIONAL YEAR

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the launch of the observance of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2004) today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES CELEBRITY ADVOCATES AS ‘NEW KIND OF STAR’, SHINING LIGHT

ON HARDSHIP, INJUSTICE, IN REMARKS AT UNICEF GALA

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Gala in Beverly Hills on 3 December:

Thank you very much, Carol [Bellamy].