CONSIDER WHETHER JOHANNESBURG GOALS ARE BASIS FOR COOPERATION,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CONFERENCE ON KYOTO PROTOCOL

Following is a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Eighth Conference of the Parties (COP8) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, delivered by Nitin Desai, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, today in New Delhi, India:

IN MESSAGE TO REGIONAL MEETING OF INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES STRENGTHENING UN/BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS

STATEMENT ON RETURN OF KUWAITI DOCUMENTS ISSUED

BY OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

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

MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS FUNDAMENTAL TO LIFE BUT EXTREMELY FRAGILE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO GLOBAL MOUNTAIN SUMMIT

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Global Mountain Summit, delivered by Johannes van Ginkel, Rector, United Nations University in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, today:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S TRIBUTE AT MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JOSEPH N. GARBA

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the memorial service for the late Joseph Nanven Garba of Nigeria:

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL

ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY

This is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council today on “Women, peace and security”:

Let me start by thanking you, Mr. President, for this initiative in holding this meeting on women, peace and security.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED BY ARMED CONFRONTATION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN

REPUBLIC, CONDEMNS ANY ATTEMPT TO TAKE POWER BY FORCE OF ARMS

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

SOCIAL PROGRESS NECESSARY COMPONENT OF DEVELOPMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Dubai Strategy Forum, delivered by Ms. Mervat Tallawy, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in Dubai today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS ‘DEEPEST CONDOLENCES’ TO THOSE

WHO LOST LOVED ONES IN MOSCOW HOSTAGE INCIDENT

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 26 October: