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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 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.

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PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON SECRETARY-GENERAL’S

APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ENVOY FOR ETHIOPIA-ERITREA

Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President Heraldo Muñoz (Chile) on the Secretary-General’s appointment of his Special Envoy for Ethiopia-Eritrea:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES LLOYD AXWORTHY SPECIAL ENVOY FOR ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

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

The Secretary-General has been very concerned about the lack of progress in the implementation of the Algiers Agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES SOMALI LEADERS TO SWIFTLY CONCLUDE NATIONAL

RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE WITH ESTABLISHMENT OF INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT

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

GLOBAL COMPACT CAN ACHIEVE ITS GOALS ONLY IF LARGE COMPANIES JOIN

INITIATIVE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MEETING OF CEOS IN DAVOS

(Delayed in transmission.)

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:

SOFTWARE VENDORS DEMONSTRATE INTEROPERABILITY OF GEOSPATIAL SOFTWARE TO UN STAFF

(Reissued as received.)