SECRETARY-GENERAL, CALLING GALAPAGOS SHOWCASE OF INTERDEPENDENCE,

WARNS AGAINST COSTLY INACTION IN FACE OF THREAT TO BIODIVERSITY

     Following is the text of a video message taped by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos National Park, Ecuador, yesterday:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS RIYADH TERRORIST ATTACK

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

The Secretary-General is horrified by last night's attack against a residential compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that reportedly killed at least 10 innocent people and injured many others.  He condemns this terrorist act in the strongest possible terms.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN EXPERIENCE

TO HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANCE OF UN REFORM AT SANTIAGO ROUND TABLE

Following is the text of remarks by the Secretary-General at a round table on “Renewal of the United Nations and the Global Situation” on Friday, 7 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN VISIT TO HISTORIC GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR,

SAYS CITIES CAN BE MODELS OF DEMOCRACY, DIVERSITY

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon arrival in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Friday 7 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES CANADA FOR RATIFICATION

OF UN LAW OF SEA CONVENTION

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

GENUINE DEMOCRACY AT HOME, EFFECTIVE MULTILATERALISM ABROAD SUREST PATHS

TO PEACE, DEVELOPMENT SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SANTIAGO ADDRESS

Following is the text of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s address to Chilean Parliamentarians in Santiago, 6 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PLANNED MEETING ON COTE D’IVOIRE

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

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS AMBITIOUS BUT TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE IN SHORT TIME

ALLOWED, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ZHUHAI CONFERENCE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Economic Development Declaration Conference in Zhuhai, China, (6 to 7 November), delivered by Khalid Malik, United Nations Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme Resident Representative in China:

EXISTING LAWS NOT SUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS DANGER POSED TO ENVIRONMENT BY CONFLICT,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for Preventing Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, 6 November:

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: