SECRETARY-GENERAL SPELLS OUT DOMINANT THREATS TO WORLD PEACE

ON RECEIVING GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AWARD FROM ASPEN INSTITUTE

Following is the text of the Secretary-General’s message to the annual dinner of the Aspen Institute on receiving the Global Leadership award, delivered by Olara Otunnu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, on 4 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY DEATH OF SHARON CAPELING-ALAKIJA,

HEAD OF UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTEERS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ‘GENEVA ACCORD’ OUTLINING DETAILED STEPS

TO RESOLVE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS SIGNING OF CASPIAN SEA PROTECTION TREATY

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES LAUNCH OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ACADEMY IN SHANGHAI

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the inauguration of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Academy of Environmental Law, in Shanghai, 4 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ESTABLISHES TEAM TO INVESTIGATE RESPONSIBILITIES,

DECISION-MAKING PRIOR TO ATTACK ON UN BAGHDAD HEADQUARTERS

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

The Secretary-General is giving close attention to the Report of the Independent Panel on the Safety and Security of United Nations Personnel in Iraq, headed by Maarti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland.

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES DECISIONS BY SRI LANKA’S PRESIDENT

DO NOT HARM PEACE PROCESS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTRESSED BY INDONESIAN FLOOD DEATHS DISASTER

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES HIGH-LEVEL PANEL TO STUDY GLOBAL SECURITY THREATS,

AND RECOMMEND NECESSARY CHANGES

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named Anand Panyarachun, former Prime Minister of Thailand, to chair the High-level Panel on global security threats and reform of the international system, which he had announced in his speech to the General Assembly on 23 September.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES 2 NOVEMBER BURUNDI AGREEMENT

AIMED AT SETTLING POLITICAL, POWER-SHARING ISSUES

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