SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO IGAD SUMMIT, LAUDS SUDAN PEACE PROCESS,

EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER SOMALIA HOSTILITIES

The following is the text of the Secretary-General’s message to the tenth summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) held in Kampala, Uganda, on 24-25 October and delivered by Mohamed Sahnoun, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Madrid yesterday, 22 October, after an overnight flight from Pittsburgh, and was greeted at the airport by the Foreign Minister of Spain, Ana Palacio.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO DONORS TO ‘GIVE GENEROUSLY’ FOR IRAQ’S

RECONSTRUCTION, IN ADDRESS TO MADRID CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the International Conference on Reconstruction in Iraq, as delivered today in Madrid:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EMPHASIZES NEED FOR FLEXIBLE MULTILATERAL

ARCHITECTURE AT ANNUAL UN PRESS CORPS DINNER

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the annual dinner of the United Nations Correspondents’ Association, delivered by Mrs. Nane Annan, in New York on 22 October:

Thank you, Tony [Jenkins], and congratulations to all the winners.

Dear friends,

UN NEEDS JOURNALISTS TO CONTINUE ‘VITAL WORK’, REPLACING MYTHS WITH UNDERSTANDING,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS DAG HAMMARSKJOLD FELLOWS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the annual luncheon of the Dag Hammarskjöld Scholarship Fund, today, delivered by S. Iqbal Riza, Under-Secretary-General and Chef de Cabinet:

It is a great pleasure to send my greetings to all who have gathered for this annual luncheon.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS STEPS WILL BE TAKEN TO ENSURE EARLY IMPLEMENTATION

OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF INDEPENDENT PANEL ON STAFF SECURITY IN IRAQ

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the report of the independent panel on the safety and security of United Nations personnel in Iraq:

The Secretary-General departed for Pennsylvania in the morning of Tuesday, 21 October.

UNITED STATES, UNITED NATIONS NEED EACH OTHER IN RELATIONSHIP OF 'PRODUCTIVE

INTERDEPENDENCE', SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN HEINZ FOUNDATION LECTURE

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Heinz Foundation Distinguished Lecture at the University of Pittsburgh, 21 October 2003:

Thank you, Mr. Johnson [Bill Johnson, Chairman of Heinz], for those very kind words.

UNITED STATES, UNITED NATIONS NEED EACH OTHER IN RELATIONSHIP OF ‘PRODUCTIVE

INTERDEPENDENCE’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN HEINZ FOUNDATION LECTURE

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Heinz Foundation Distinguished Lecture at the University of Pittsburgh, 21 October 2003:

Thank you, Mr. Johnson [Bill Johnson, Chairman of Heinz], for those very kind words.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DECLARATION ON IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME

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