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SG/SM/9136/Rev.1*
30/01/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9136/Rev.1*


SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS EUROPE’S LONG-STANDING STRONG SUPPORT FOR UN,


AT OPENING OF REGIONAL INFORMATION CENTRE IN BRUSSELS


Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the inauguration of the Regional United Nations Information Centre for the European Union in Brussels, 30 January:


Thank you for joining us to inaugurate the Regional United Nations Information Centre in Brussels.

SG/SM/9135-ECO/53
29/01/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9135
ECO/53


GLOBAL COMPACT CAN ACHIEVE ITS GOALS ONLY IF LARGE COMPANIES JOIN


INITIATIVE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MEETING OF CEOS IN DAVOS


(Delayed in transmission.)


Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a breakfast meeting with chief executive officers in Davos, Switzerland on 25 January:

SG/SM/9133-PAL/1975
29/01/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9133
PAL/1975


SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS THOSE RESORTING TO VIOLENCE, TERROR IN MIDDLE EAST; CALLS


ON ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS TO DEVOTE ALL ENERGIES TO NEGOTIATING TRUE, LASTING PEACE


The following statement was issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Brussels, Belgium:

SG/SM/9131-ECO/52
27/01/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9131
ECO/52


TRANSPARENCY, FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION ESSENTIAL TO TACKLING ROOT CAUSES OF MANY


CHALLENGES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PARIS MEETING ON GLOBAL COMPACT


Following is the text of remarks by Secretary General Kofi Annan at the meeting with French President Jacques Chirac and business executives on the Global Compact in Paris today:

SG/SM/9130-PKO/102
27/01/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9130
PKO/102


SECRETARY GENERAL PRAISES GHANA’S ‘STEADFAST’, 40-YEAR COMMITMENT


TO UN PEACEKEEPING, IN MESSAGE TO INAUGURATION OF ACCRA CENTRE


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the inauguration of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Centre, delivered by Alfred Fawundu, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Ghana, in Accra, 24 January: