SECRETARY-GENERAL ESTABLISHES TEAM TO INVESTIGATE RESPONSIBILITIES,

DECISION-MAKING PRIOR TO ATTACK ON UN BAGHDAD HEADQUARTERS

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

The Secretary-General is giving close attention to the Report of the Independent Panel on the Safety and Security of United Nations Personnel in Iraq, headed by Maarti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland.

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES DECISIONS BY SRI LANKA’S PRESIDENT

DO NOT HARM PEACE PROCESS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTRESSED BY INDONESIAN FLOOD DEATHS DISASTER

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES HIGH-LEVEL PANEL TO STUDY GLOBAL SECURITY THREATS,

AND RECOMMEND NECESSARY CHANGES

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named Anand Panyarachun, former Prime Minister of Thailand, to chair the High-level Panel on global security threats and reform of the international system, which he had announced in his speech to the General Assembly on 23 September.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES 2 NOVEMBER BURUNDI AGREEMENT

AIMED AT SETTLING POLITICAL, POWER-SHARING ISSUES

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

NO READY-MADE, ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES OF GOVERNANCE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GLOBAL FORUM ON REINVENTING GOVERNMENT

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifth Global Forum on Reinventing Government, delivered by José Antonio Ocampo, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Mexico City, 3 to 7 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE TO UN GROUP ON SECURITY IN CENTRAL AFRICA;

ENCOURAGING PROGRESS NOTED, BUT PEACE PROCESSES ‘STILL FRAGILE’

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS ADOPTION BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OF UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

New Instrument Described as New Framework for Action against ‘Insidious Plague’

This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today on the adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations Convention against Corruption:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DEVELOPMENTS IN KOREAN TALKS PROCESS

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

CURRENT NET FLOW OF RESOURCES FROM DEVELOPING WORLD TO OTHER COUNTRIES

MUST BE REVERSED, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the High-Level Dialogue of the General Assembly on Financing for Development, 30 October: