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ANTI-POVERTY GOALS CANNOT BE MET WITHOUT TRUE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO MARRAKESH CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the High-Level Conference on South-South Cooperation in Marrakesh, 16 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES GRATITUDE FOR GERMAN SUPPORT OF GLOBAL COMPACT; CALLS

ON BUSINESS, NGOS, GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE STAND FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Following is the text of the toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Global Compact dinner hosted by German Chancellor Schroeder in Berlin on

11 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT DISTURBANCES IN LIBERIA

FOLLOWING LAUNCH OF DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION PROGRAMME

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

REAL PROGRESS DEALING WITH CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE URGENTLY NEEDED,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO MEETING OF STATES PARTIES

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, delivered by J. A. Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, in Milan, 10 December:

COMMUNITY MULTIMEDIA CENTRES TREMENDOUS PLATFORM FOR DEVELOPMENT, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO GENEVA LAUNCH OF INITIATIVE

‘BUILDING AN OPEN, EMPOWERING INFORMATION SOCIETY IS A SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND

ULTIMATELY POLITICAL CHALLENGE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT WORLD SUMMIT

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES COMMUNICATION WILL ‘BUILD BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING’,

IN MESSAGE TO STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN WORLD SUMMIT EVENT

Following is the text of the message sent today from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to students participating in the World Summit Event for Schools:

IN MESSAGE TO WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SUMMIT, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS

FOR STRENGTHENING COOPERATION BETWEEN COUNTRIES IN REGION

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the first Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Western Mediterranean cooperation partner countries, held in Tunis on 5 and 6 December 2003, delivered by Ariel Français, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Tunisia (translated from French):

Biographical Note

ROSS MOUNTAIN NAMED ACTING SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR IRAQ

      Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named Ross Mountain as his acting Special Representative for Iraq.

OPEN, INCLUSIVE INFORMATION SOCIETY THAT EMPOWERS ALL PEOPLE

SHOULD BE GENEVA SUMMIT LEGACY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s remarks at the official welcome ceremony for the World Summit on the Information Society, hosted by Pascal Couchepin, President of Switzerland, in Geneva, 9 December: