DEATH OF RICHARD CONROY, UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN UZBEKISTAN, IS LOSS TO ENTIRE

UNITED NATIONS FAMILY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO MEMORIAL SERVICE

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REBALANCED INTERNATIONAL AGENDA IN 2004, WITH CONCRETE

PROGRESS IN DEVELOPMENT, AS HE ACCEPTS HONORARY DEGREE IN BRUSSELS

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks upon receiving a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of Ghent in Brussels, 30 January:

Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister and Mr. Rector, for those very warm words.

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS EUROPE’S LONG-STANDING STRONG SUPPORT FOR UN,

AT OPENING OF REGIONAL INFORMATION CENTRE IN BRUSSELS

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the inauguration of the Regional United Nations Information Centre for the European Union in Brussels, 30 January:

Thank you for joining us to inaugurate the Regional United Nations Information Centre in Brussels.

GLOBAL COMPACT CAN ACHIEVE ITS GOALS ONLY IF LARGE COMPANIES JOIN

INITIATIVE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MEETING OF CEOS IN DAVOS

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Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a breakfast meeting with chief executive officers in Davos, Switzerland on 25 January:

A EUROPE OPEN TO WELL MANAGED MIGRATION WILL BE FAIRER, RICHER,

STRONGER, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN BRUSSELS ADDRESS

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the European Parliament upon receipt of the Andrei Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, in Brussels, 29 January:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS THOSE RESORTING TO VIOLENCE, TERROR IN MIDDLE EAST; CALLS

ON ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS TO DEVOTE ALL ENERGIES TO NEGOTIATING TRUE, LASTING PEACE

The following statement was issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Brussels, Belgium:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WILL MEET WITH PRESIDENTS OF NIGERIA, CAMEROON IN GENEVA

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

TRANSPARENCY, FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION ESSENTIAL TO TACKLING ROOT CAUSES OF MANY

CHALLENGES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PARIS MEETING ON GLOBAL COMPACT

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary General Kofi Annan at the meeting with French President Jacques Chirac and business executives on the Global Compact in Paris today:

SECRETARY GENERAL PRAISES GHANA’S ‘STEADFAST’, 40-YEAR COMMITMENT

TO UN PEACEKEEPING, IN MESSAGE TO INAUGURATION OF ACCRA CENTRE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the inauguration of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Centre, delivered by Alfred Fawundu, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Ghana, in Accra, 24 January:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WILL SEND ELECTION TEAM TO IRAQ, ONCE SATISFIED

WITH COALITION SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS

The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was issued today in Paris: