LOCAL AUTHORITIES VITAL TO BRINGING PEOPLE’S EVERYDAY CONCERNS TO NATIONAL,

GLOBAL ATTENTION, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT CUZCO CEREMONY

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a ceremony in Cuzco, Peru, on 12 November:

Thank you for your warm words of welcome.  I have heard very carefully everything you have said.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Guayaquil, the largest city and main port of Ecuador, in the early evening of 7 November on a special flight of the aircraft of the President of Chile.

INTOLERANCE -- SCOURGE WITH DEADLY CONSEQUENCES -- THREAT TO DEMOCRACY,

PEACE, SECURITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for Tolerance observed 16 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO PERUVIAN CONGRESS, URGES COUNTRY TO PERSEVERE

ON DEVELOPMENT PATH, DESPITE IMPERFECTIONS, FRUSTRATIONS ALONG THE WAY

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Congress of Peru, in Lima, on 11 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT LIMA AWARD CEREMONY, LAUDS CONTRIBUTION

OF PERU TO PEACEKEEPING, OTHER WORK OF UNITED NATIONS

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the “Orden del Sol” decoration yesterday (11 November) in Lima, Peru:

It is a great honour to be visiting Peru and to be awarded the “Orden del Sol del Peru”, your country’s highest civilian award.

‘UNITED NATIONS HOUSE’ IN QUITO EPITOME OF UN FAMILY IN ACTION,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT INAUGURATION CEREMONY

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the inauguration of the United Nations House in Quito, Ecuador, 10 November:

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.