Secretary-General urges united local government body to address

needs of slum dwellers, challenge of good urban governance

The following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Founding Congress of United Cities and Local Governments, delivered in Paris, on 2 May by Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme:

Secretary-General ‘deeply disturbed’ by media pictures

of iraqi prisoners being mistreated

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

‘the more unified you are, the stronger you are’, says Secretary-General

in remarks on developing country group’s 40^th anniversary

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a luncheon on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the “Group of 77” developing countries and China, in New York, 29 April:

Thank you, Ambassador Al Nasser, for bringing us together today.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, ON 28 APRIL 2004

The Secretary-General:  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.  I am sure you all followed Lakhdar Brahimi’s presentation to the Security Council yesterday and his assessment of the chances of success in the political process in Iraq, given the deteriorating security situation.

Secretary-General says high-level political attention has been diverted

from key challenges of sustainable development

Calling for Balanced International Agenda,

He Tells Commission It Must Be Fearless Watchdog in Sounding Alarm

The following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development in New York today, 28 April:

Secretary-General urges synchronized management of river water

in message to nigerbasin authority heads of state conference

(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French.)

Freedom, independence of mediaessentialforbuilding better,

fairer world, says Secretary-General in message on world day

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Press Freedom Day, observed 3 May:

today, international community rejoices to see all south africanS working together

to forge common future, Secretary-General tells commemorative meeting

Following is the text of remarks as delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Commemorative meeting marking 10 years of democracy in South Africa:

Secretary-General stresses importance of healthy environment for development,

in message to ‘asia and the pacific 2020’ meeting

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’smessage to the meeting of the “Visionary Panel for Asia and the Pacific 2020”, delivered by Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, in Shanghai, 26 April:

development financing, environmental sustainability, hiv/aids urgent challenges

for asia and pacific, says Secretary-General in message to shanghai meeting